On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 20:09:51 +0100, "dennis@home"
wrote:



"Owain" wrote in message
...
The Medway Handyman wrote:
PeterMcC wrote:
Given 24 hours, there may have been time to get the patient to the
hospital and still report the accident.
Its LAS policy to report immediately & use another truck - don't know
why.

(a) because the ambulance personnel may be distracted/traumatised by such
an incident, which puts their patient and other road users at increased
risk

According to TMH they probably had to stop because they were laughing too
much.
Probably ran the dog down on purpose too just for a lark.
After all he did say they have dark humor.

It's a well-known fact ( at least by those who've given the matter any
thought at all ) that those people who have what we might call 'morbid
jobs' develop a correspondingly morbid sense of humour.
It's a perfectly natural and healthy human reaction to the high levels
of emotional stress that are associated with such professions, and
will be found in any trade that deals with the human condition in
extremis - such as undertakers, emergency services personnel,
sewermen, health workers and those in the armed forces.
That people are offended by it or fail to grasp the concept of 'dark
humor'(sic) within the proper context simply means they have no
understanding of the rigours of the job in question.

Thus the next time you find yourself in hospital having your piles
dealt with you can be pretty sure that someone on the staff will have
a laugh at your expense afterwards - and, frankly, who can blame them?

Regards,



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