By facepalm - 05/02/2013 03:30 - United States - Sayreville

Today, working as a nurse, I saw a patient in for follow-up after a partial leg amputation. I checked her blood pressure and gave her the reading, which prompted her husband to ask what it meant. She replied, "I'm alive." Before I could stop myself, "And kicking" spilled out of my mouth. FML
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dmoran20 27

Sounds like you walked right into that..

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a1f0sff 25

The force of habit can be a bitch sometimes...

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cr3ativity 15

Wow. That's kinda inconsiderate of you.

boofgall 16

It's not like she MEANT to. God, read the name.

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AbstraktThoughts 13

Op must be Doc's wife!

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cr3ativity 15

Even though she didn't mean to, OP still said it.

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SillyGirl4602 23

It was a mistake that op obviously regretted after saying it. You have never said something you wish you hadn't?

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buddy51 23

#1, you clearly have no leg to stand on with your limping and lame comment....

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lex1459 38

At least OP didn't suggest she work at ihop

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waffule365 16

I bet you wish you could take that back

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vocaloidtiger 12

You don't say? I'm sure she regrets nothing.

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dmoran20 27

Naaaa, it's not like she posted the story to FML.

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buddy51 23

And the patient feels the same about her leg.

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a1f0sff 25

The force of habit can be a bitch sometimes...

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dmoran20 27

Sounds like you walked right into that..

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dmoran20 27

Too soon? I wouldn't think so, but at least you ran it by use first ;-)

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marxistbkly 3

Talk about putting your foot in your mouth.

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kevsandy303 12

OP probably wasn't putting his best foot forward with that one

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TML329 14

I wonder if the patient works at ihop

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TourettesGuyFTW 25

Enough with all the footloose comments people!! Honestly...

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sarah6786 14

This is the lamest thread I have ever read. On another note i hope the patient stood up for herself.

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FlubbaBubba 12

I sure got a kick out of all those puns.

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ninjajoehenes48 8

"This is the lamest thread, so i will make a pun like everyone else" ^^^ haha

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TourettesGuyFTW 25

65- you are a ******* retard. Go look up the word lame..then shoot yourself...in the foot.

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Hamz1989 13

Just apologize and let this be a caution to think before you say something like that next time.

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mb2_native 15

It happens to all of us 6, not necessarily like that. But it happens nonetheless and it just happened at the wrong time, I know I said something like that in front of someone in a wheelchair and I almost died, but he started to laugh at my fail so I just had to laugh too.

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DarkHelmet 10

Technically you were correct. She does still have a leg to kick with

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chlorinegreen 27

Only problem is it may be a bit of a sensitive issue since it's still so new. But don't worry op hopefully they'll see it was a accident and brush it off their shoulder. Accidents happen!

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Pleonasm 35

Sounds like you don't have a leg to stand on.

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kut17 11

No. The PATIENT doesn't have a leg. Try to pay attention.

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Pleonasm 35

That is the whole point. Patient doesn't have literal leg to stand on/ Nurse doesn't have metaphorical leg to stand on -- pun links the two together, voilà. Try to not be a smartass.

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dmoran20 27

Poor #14. Looks like you opened mouth inserted foot...

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kut17 11

Generally when someone doesn't have a leg to stand on, it means they don't have any evidence to uphold their claim. It doesn't mean they can't backpedal out of an awkward situation. That's why that joke sucked.

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saksxalmo 20

Technically OP's statement that the patient is kicking doesn't have a leg to stand on. Yeah reading!

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ManInTheMachine 19

You're digging yourself a deeper hole, kut17. Keep going, you're almost deep enough where you can't get any wifi. Then we won't have to read your idiotic comments anymore!

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zero91 4

kurt , you shot your own foot

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kut17 11

How did I shoot myself in the foot and dig a hole? The joke makes no sense! What's wrong with you people?

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kut17 11

If you don't have a leg to stand on, you don't have evidence for your argument. Since OP was not in an argument or debate with the patient, this joke doesn't have a leg to stand on!

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ClaremoreZebra 8

56- I thought it was a pretty badass pun. I think you're just mad cause your attempt at a troll was a complete and total failure.

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NurseNasty 12

It might actually have been helpful for them to hear someone not walking on eggshells and avoiding all leg related speech.

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cmac86 23

I'm sure you beat her to it. one of my friends had both of his legs amputated at the knee, his left hand amputated and most of his right hand amputated (he had a virus when he was an infant). he jokes about it all the time (like "watch out for that cat over there-she bites!" and he will hold his amputated arm up)

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marxistbkly 3

Two questions, how did your friend preserve the amputee arm all these years, and how did he hold it up?

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Karalela44 15

49 he's not holding the amputated arm...he's holding the nub

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Wederoney 16

And this ladies and gentlemen is the definition of awkward.

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