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You have to know South Africa to appreciate this one... and know that it
is probably true!!!
There was a case in one hospital's Intensive Care unit where patients
always died in the same bed and on Sunday morning at 11 a.m.,
regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and some
even
thought that it had something to do with a mystery ..... as to why the
deaths happened at 11 a.m. on Sundays? A world-wide team of experts was
constituted and they decide to go down to the ward to investigate the
cause of the incidents.
So, on the next Sunday morning, a few minutes before 11 a.m., all
doctors and nurses nervously wait outside the ward to see for themselves
what
the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses,
prayer books and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits...
Just then the clock struck 11 and.................Sipho, the part-time
Sunday cleaner, entered the ward, unplugged the life support system so
that he could use the vacuum cleaner.............
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On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 10:01:35 +0000, Alexander Baron
<a_baron@abaron.demon.co.uk> wrote:
You have to know South Africa to appreciate this one... and know that it
is probably true!!!
Well, there is an SA connection:
http://www.legends.org.za/arthur/cleanfaq.htm
But its an old joke and one which the last time I heard was not set in
South Africa: http://tinyurl.com/2get7
[Follow-ups re-set.]
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On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 10:01:35 +0000, Alexander Baron
<a_baron@abaron.demon.co.uk> wrote:
You have to know South Africa to appreciate this one... and know that it
is probably true!!!
There was a case in one hospital's Intensive Care unit where patients
always died in the same bed and on Sunday morning at 11 a.m.,
regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and some
even
what
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Alexander Baron <a_baron@abaron.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<+GGxk$D$5MHAFwlq@abaron.demon.co.uk>...
<snip>
.................Sipho, the part-time
Sunday cleaner, entered the ward, unplugged the life support system so
that he could use the vacuum cleaner.............
Have a look at http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,749033,00.html
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"Alexander Baron"
You have to know South Africa to appreciate this one... and know that it
is probably true!!!
There was a case in one hospital's Intensive Care unit where patients
always died in the same bed and on Sunday morning at 11 a.m.,
regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and
some
even
what
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:29:54 -0000, "e_svoboda"
<e.svoboda@isc.queens.ac.uk> wrote:
"Alexander Baron"
You have to know South Africa to appreciate this one... and know that it
is probably true!!!
There was a case in one hospital's Intensive Care unit where patients
always died in the same bed and on Sunday morning at 11 a.m.,
regardless of their medical condition. This puzzled the doctors and
some
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:29:54 -0000, "e_svoboda"
<e.svoboda@isc.queens.ac.uk> wrote:
"Alexander Baron"
You have to know South Africa to appreciate this one... and know that it
is probably true!!!
No, it's a well-documented urban legend, and completely false.
See http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/cleaner.htm
and http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/cleaner.htm#faq for
details.
**Dan Evans
**I post information, not advice.
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On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:52:47 +0000, bigbrian <harry8611@hotmail.com>
wrote:
A moment's consideration of whether its credible that a hospital
would have its life support systems in intensive care plugged into a
mains power outlet, and without any kind of backup in the event of a
power failure, would point anyone in the direction of urban myth.
No, no, no. This was immediately before lawyers were invented. ;-)
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On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 23:47:53 +0000, Paul Burridge
<pb@osiris1.notthisbit.co.uk> wrote:
On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:52:47 +0000, bigbrian <harry8611@hotmail.com>
wrote:
No, no, no. This was immediately before lawyers were invented. ;-)
*WAS* there a time before lawyers were invented? Goodness me......who
did people burn to keep warm? :-)
Brian
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In article <neat10pa6qcfmobspsqfk22jad2onl4hdf@4ax.com>, bigbrian
<harry8611@hotmail.com> writes
A moment's consideration of whether its credible that a hospital
would have its life support systems in intensive care plugged into a
mains power outlet, and without any kind of backup in the event of a
power failure, would point anyone in the direction of urban myth.
Which is exactly what it is
http://www.legends.org.za/arthur/cleanfaq.htm
Brian
AIDS Mary is also an urban myth, but there have been two or three cases
in recent years of people (men) deliberately infecting people with AIDS.
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