Doctor Smarty Pants

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

Hello Crazy, I'm pleased if you found this amusing. Hope you're ok?

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

16 Jul 19

@jaboUK workin' a hospital fer 16 yrs 'n then dealin' with all the docs dealt with - yes ma'am! fer certain tickled my funny bone :) doin' great, hon. hope yer doin' the same 's yer findin' yer way ~

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Erly Maglangit

@cacay1 (83223)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

20 Jul 19

She is an excellent writer .

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

16 Jul 19

It's been a long time since I read a poem of yours. Congrats, you haven't lost it! You've used an eye rhyme, just like the Bard occasionally did.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

Yes, I use this sort of rhyme quite often. Glad you like it, thank you.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

17 Jul 19

Very good rhyme, those kind of accidents are increasing. I hope the doctors do not look at their facebook page using their phone while performing surgery.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

17 Jul 19

@jaboUK I con that unfortunately it can happen, it should not, but it happens.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

17 Jul 19

This is based on something I read, so I know it can happen

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306113)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

16 Jul 19

Loved this one. I'm glad to see you back. I hope things are well for you.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

Hello Valerie, thanks for your nice comment. I'm fine thank you

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306113)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

16 Jul 19

@jaboUK I'm glad you are.

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NJ Chicaa

@NJChicaa (115992)

• United States

16 Jul 19

That is funny

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

Glad you thought so, thank you.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203454)

• Nashville, Tennessee

16 Jul 19

There you are! How funny. Glad your doc had a sense of humor. Hope you are doing well.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

Thanks Carol, and yes I'm fine thank you. Hope you are too

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203454)

• Nashville, Tennessee

16 Jul 19

@jaboUK Yes I am thanks.

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much2say

@much2say (53959)

• Los Angeles, California

17 Jul 19

Oh can you imagine?! I think I've heard of stories where something similar actually happened

Nice to see you again - it's been a while

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much2say

@much2say (53959)

• Los Angeles, California

18 Jul 19

@jaboUK It's crazy to think that could ever happen . . . but even surgeons make mistakes (but hopefully this is not too common!). Hope you are doing well!

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

19 Jul 19

@much2say I'm fine thanks

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

17 Jul 19

Thanks SmilePie - I took a bit of a break

Yes, I was inspired to write this by a news article I read in which a swab had been left inside a woman.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)

• China

17 Jul 19

I have read many a time that the doctors left stuff inside the patients while they performed operations.The patients really suffered and had to have second operations.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16533)

• China

18 Jul 19

@jaboUK I love your poem ! However it is no joke performing an operation.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

17 Jul 19

Yes, I've read about this sort of thing happening. So though I've made a joke out of it, it's based in fact.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

18 Jul 19

@changjiangzhibin89 Thanks Chang.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (48415)

• Canada

16 Jul 19

Not the ending that I expected, but it made it twice as funny! Where do you come up with these?

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (48415)

• Canada

16 Jul 19

@jaboUK I have a friend who had some sponges left inside of her after a trip to the OR years ago.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

@Juliaacv There you are - it can happen

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

Hi Julia. This was inspired by me reading about a swab (not a knife!) being left inside someone after an operation. So though it's fiction it has it's roots in fact

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

We do have a sense of humour some of which can be a bit near the knuckle but I am glad he wrote it in verse! Hope you are fully recovered Janet. Take care!

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

Poetic licence Gary - I haven't really had an op

. Did you ever come across anything like this during your working life? I wrote this after I read about a swab being left in someone's insides after an op.

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Fleur

@Fleura (29127)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

That's brilliant! I've often thought that if I had to have a limb amputated, I would write (or get a friend to write), with an indelible marker, NOT THIS ONE! on the opposite limb, just in case!

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

You made me laugh

. It wouldn't do any harm to do that!

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Fleur

@Fleura (29127)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

@jaboUK I have spent too much time around surgeons.

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****DANIELLE****

@VivaLaDani13 (60337)

• Perth, Australia

16 Jul 19

@jaboUK I am thrilled to see a post from you and like usual, your poem has made me laugh. Another poem well done!

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 Jul 19

I'm pleased that you found this funny Dani, thank you.

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****DANIELLE****

@VivaLaDani13 (60337)

• Perth, Australia

16 Jul 19

@jaboUK No worries at all. I always enjoy your posts.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 Jul 19

I love that, I like all your poetry, serious or silly.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

18 Jul 19

Thanks for that sweet comment Ruby

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

19 Jul 19

@jaboUK You're very welcome. You're a good poet.

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Simone

@Janet357 (75656)

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17 Jul 19

now where is the knife? i remember some.stories where the knife is all.left in the patient's body. hahah

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

17 Jul 19

I read about a swab being left inside, that's what spurred me to write this

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

17 Jul 19

@Janet357 It's called Doctor Smarty Pants because the doctor was 'taking the mickey'.

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Simone

@Janet357 (75656)

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17 Jul 19

@jaboUK nice poem miss jabo! what is it called again?

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snowy

@snowy22315 (169935)

• United States

17 Jul 19

HAHA, a doc with a sense of humor...love it!!! Interesting, that while I was in the hospital most of the day on Monday visiting friend..the floor medical staff were all supremely cheery, but the doctors, and technicians behind the scenes on the computer all had serious looks on their face. I am sure it is a weighty job!

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snowy

@snowy22315 (169935)

• United States

17 Jul 19

@jaboUK Oh I am sure they become pleasant and optimistic when talking with the patients, unless of course, their case is hopeless.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

17 Jul 19

Oh yes, it's a responsible job all right but that shouldn't stop them being cheerful.

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bonnie

@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

19 Aug 19

uh oh.

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bonnie

@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

19 Aug 19

@jaboUK

you could have been a comedian Jabo.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

19 Aug 19

@bunnybon7 i may be able to write funny poems but I couldn't tell jokes face to face

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

19 Aug 19

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111163)

• El Paso, Texas

17 Jul 19

If I were that patient I'd demand an xray It's sad to think those kinds of things actually happen but I'll bet the surgeon would never admit to it.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111163)

• El Paso, Texas

17 Jul 19

Now that you mention it a knife would probably cause some really nasty results @jaboUK

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

17 Jul 19

It does happen I'm sure, but I don't know about a knife. I've heard about a swab being left inside.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (48929)

• United States

17 Jul 19

Oh my, what a surprise ending.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

19 Aug 19

@Tampa_girl7 I'm fine thanks Marie

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

17 Jul 19

Thanks for reading this Marie, I hope you're well.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (48929)

• United States

19 Aug 19

@jaboUK I hope that you're doing good too.

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susan

@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

27 Aug 19

lol... so funny that the doc took part in it too...

have missed you're poems and limericks... glad to see you on here again... and hope you are doing well

...

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

27 Aug 19

Hi Sue, I only come here occasionally but it's lovely to see you here. I did come to your page a while ago and saw that you hadn't been here for ages. I'm fine, hope you and Maggs and Malcolm are well.

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