“I read with interest the story about the child with the peanut lodged in her nose,” says Nancy Stich, of Baton Rouge.
“When our son, Andrew, was 4 years old, I walked in on him in a questionable position. There on the counter was a small container with a number of Mexican jumping beans.
“His left index finger was inserted in his left ear canal. I asked him, vigorously, if he had put one in his ear. He just as vigorously denied having done so.
“His dad took him to a scheduled ‘wellness’ appointment with his pediatrician the next day and said the doctor looked in both ears and saw no bean. But I continued to have concerns.
“Several months later, I had occasion to bring Andrew to the emergency room because of flu symptoms. The doctor looked in both ears to complete the examination.
“I said, ‘Doctor, can you please look in that left ear canal? I think there is a Mexican jumping bean in it.’
“Sure enough, upon further inspection, the doctor did indeed see the bean. After some careful work, it was removed. The bean had attached itself to the tissue inside the ear.
“The moral of the story is if you find your child with a finger up an ear or nose, you should trust your instincts and seek appropriate medical care sooner rather than later.”
Signs of Jamaica
“Thought I would add to your thread on road signs,” says Joe Eustis, of Metairie:
“In 1974 on vacation in Jamaica, upon driving out of the Montego Bay airport, our taxi driver tells us to watch out for the sleeping policeman.
“Straining to look out the windows for a police car or motorcycle, we see nothing. Then our driver slows down to cross over one of those road humps and says, ‘That’s the sleeping policeman!’
“Passing through a seedy section of town, we see a sign alongside a building that says, ‘No loafers. Prostitutes and pimps read and run. Or else!’
“While out and about in the Jamaican countryside, we visited the famous alligator farm where the James Bond movie was filmed with him jumping off the backs of the ‘gators to get to land. At the entrance of the farm was a nice welcome sign reading, ‘Trespassers will be eaten!'”
Move along
Gilbert Reine says, “Regarding the ‘Hubba hubba’ road signs (on New Orleans bridge approaches):
“They mean keep on moving, not too slow and not too fast.”
Cutting remark
“One more cane knife story,” says Denny Martin, of Milton:
“Way back in 1970, a friend and I moved to Lafayette from the Chicago suburbs to work for PHI helicopter company.
“It was our first time mowing, and we had never encountered St. Augustine grass and its ability to spread.
“The super old man across the street came over with a cane knife and showed us how to trim along the driveway. (No weed eaters yet.)
“When we finished, we had gained about three more feet of driveway width.
“The old man would become a great friend. I referred to him as my Cajun dad.
“Some 50 years later, I still have that cane knife.”
Special People Dept.
Dorothy Lively, of Baton Rouge, celebrates her 104th birthday Tuesday, Oct. 17.
Divided wealth
Shooter Mullins tells this sad story I hope wasn’t true:
“A degenerate pool junkie approaches a fellow player and says, ‘Jake, could you let me have 40 bucks? I’m tapped out and I’m really hungry.’
“The other guy turns him down, saying, ‘If I give you any money you will just go and lose it on a bad bet.’
“The begging guy says, ‘Oh no, you don’t understand. I’ve got my gambling money, but I’ve spent all my food money, and I really am hungry.’”
2023-10-16 20:30:00
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