Grandma's House

I was checking out some new websites, and I found Show Me Your Wound, a website that has pictures and stories about wounds, the ickier, the better. It reminded me of a time when Sir Mugley was a surgical technologist. One night when he was on call, the hospital called him and told him to come in for an emergency situation, and to bring his camera. An unusual request to be sure, but he did it. When he got home, I got the whole story. A farmer had been drilling new post holes for his fence, using a motorized augur. Sorry to say, his pants got caught in the augur, and by the time he got it shut down, this thing had skinned his thing. That's right. The surgeon wanted pictures during the operation, so he could present it at some conference or another. The amazing part to me was that the patient was taking it so well, joking with the surgeon, asking if he could add a few inches, etc. Anyway the surgery was a complete success, all parts in working order. When we got the pictures developed, they were fascinating. Sir Mugley decided to play a trick on my mother. He took the pictures over to her house, and asked her to identify the subject matter. She couldn't, but when she found out what it was, she was floored! I was worried that she would get angry, but no! She thought they were great. She did draw the line, however, at getting copies.