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wrote:
> snip..
> >
> >I was about to hit the floor thinking that someone had pulled a gun.
It
> >turns out that the child, who had been eating a bag of candy while
sitting
> >in the child seat of the cart was stricken with an spontaneous case
of
> >projectile vomiting. The poor kid, who was way underdressed for the
weather
> >and who should have been in bed hours ago, had showered the cart,
the candy
> >rack, the conveyer, her relatives, and herself with vomit.
> >
> >After getting over the initial shock and disgust, I realized how
lucky I was
> >to have listened to the little voice that told me to pick another
line. I
> >laughed all the way home.
> >
> I can almost beat this story....when I was about 8 years old I picked
> up a nasty sliver in the side of my right thumb, of course it became
> badly infected and I knew how much it would hurt when Mom found out
> and tried to squeeze it out so I hid it from her. I was successful
for
> a few days and this thumb got really really nasty.
>
> So, we go grocery shopping after dinner one evening, we get in the
> checkout line, I move ahead of her to start putting the grocerys on
> the conveyor and as I reach for the first item she spies my grossly
> swollen thumb. Without saying a word she grabs my hand gives the poor
> thumb a massive squeeze, huge gobs of yellow pus all over the
conveyor
> and the poor ******* in front of us. All I remeber after that was the
> pain.
>
> Jim

Good God. Why would she squeeze it in the STORE? Nothing like a good
infection on top of an infection. Yikes!

-L.