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Monthly Archives: July 2006
Pretty feet
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Loading ...Code 3 for the stabbing. It is high drama. The drunk victim with a stab wound to her left thigh is arguing with everyone about going to the hospital. A physical argument, sort of a non-fight, breaks out among her … Continue reading
Bone appetit
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Code 3 for the motorcycle accident. Actually it was a motorized scooter accident. Motorized scooters are modern Darwinian devices produced solely for the purpose of weeding out the stupid. We arrive and find the firefighters frantically waving at us. It … Continue reading
Break a leg
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Code 2 for leg pain. This admitted alcoholic says he broke his left leg a week ago, and the cast is too tight. He’s also complaining that he can’t walk on his left leg. “Sir, you know you’re not supposed … Continue reading
Courtesy call
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Code 3 for the fall. A Chinese-speaking elderly woman is with her Chinese-speaking daughter and her bilingual grandson, who’s in his 20s. Nothing serious. We put her in the ambulance, and my partner, M, and I spend a few minutes … Continue reading
Mileage
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Code 3 for chest pain at the gas station that we’ve been to a thousand times. It’s 3am. A BLS truck company is already as we pull in with the ALS engine company. It’s a regular, a frequent flyer, as … Continue reading
