The Numty and King Herod

I visited Taunton hospital this evening in fighting mood.  “Lead me to that thin nurse woman” I said, “I’ve got a couple of things to say to her”.

As she stood before me, skinny and trembling, I drew myself up to my full 5’4” height and barked -

“Now look here you numty person, that’s the last time you’ll use your bedside manner from hell on a patient.  I have connections, I’ll have you know, and I shall see to it that you never darken these doors again.  Never again will you tell a failing slimmer that she might as well give up.  As part of your retraining, you shall learn the right attitude from the inside.  You will be force fed until you get at least eight double chins, and then I personally will supervise your weight loss.  Get thee gone from my sight!  Men, take her away!”

As I mop my brow, I confess I may be embroidering a teensy bit.  I wrong-footed myself by arriving a week early for the appointment (so OK, I hadn’t read the letter), and didn't actually see her.  I did manage to see Margaret, my favourite person there.  I told her all about it, and she promised to bring it up with whoever, as appropriate.  She agreed that numty is to Bariatric practice what King Herod was to childcare (well, words to that effect anyway). 

I had lost 3 lbs/1.5 kg in the past 3 weeks.  Yes, it may have resulted from being treated like a failure, but it is NOT worth the state it put me in.  Margaret understood, and has assured me that from now on I needn’t be seen by numty at all.

Sorted.  Probably. 

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Photo Finish -

From Lonicera’s non-digital archive:

Odds and Ends

The garden of one of many of Britain's stately homes

which is open to the public.

Exmoor

At my camera club we used to have a competition called

The Bucket, consisting of several categories

which varied from year to year,

but "Bucket" was the only constant category.

This was my entry one year, and was taken on the windy beach

at Weston-super-Mare.  It won me the competition

and got mentioned in the local newspaper.

John kindly acted as model, and the picture was called

"The Shy Photographer".

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