Re: What it is like to have TM?

AZMAINIAC (AZMAINIAC(AT)prodigy.net)
Wed, 06 Jan 1999 22:31:24 -0800

Alton wrote:
>
> This topic was inspired by a phrase in a note by Sarah0069(AT)aol.com. In
> my mind I see a several cartoons:
> .................................
>
> Being in a wheelchair and:
>
> confronted by a path with a vacuum
> cleaner hose across it.
>
> looking up at a store item on a high shelf
>
> having messy hands with the sink and rags
> on the other side of the room
>
> learning (when you have no time to spare)
> that the only toilet around has a stall
> door too tight for the chair
>
> looking down and realizing that the catheter
> bag fell off and was ruptured by the chair
>
> Being on crutches and:
>
> walking into a store with a slippery
> floor (someone moping the floor?)
>
> trying to find a parking spot that has
> no ice where you will step when you get
> out of the car [recent & not funny!]
>
> heading to checkout with something
> tucked under you chin [in a store
> that has no shopping carts]
>
> .................................
> OK, I've tossed out a couple. Anyone else
> care to take a turn?
>
> Alton, who had a wry grin while typing these
>
> OK, an irritated grin

Here is what TM means:

Token Misadventure

Trivial Mind-boggler

Thingamajig Malfunction

Thunderstruck Metronome

Titan Missile:
1. Who will push the button?
2. When it will hit?
3. What the destruction be?
4. Will here be any recovery from the holocaust?

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John who has been "Tightened"