Strange Conversations: Diagnosing Car Issues

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The discussion begins with a humorous exchange about a car service appointment where the mechanic struggles to understand the issue with the heater fan, highlighting communication challenges in technical conversations. This leads to a comedic comparison with an ER scenario where a patient clearly states his need for an appendectomy, contrasting it with a previous experience of a patient who was vague about his symptoms. The conversation then shifts to personal anecdotes about medical visits, including a humorous recollection of a hernia diagnosis that involved unnecessary tests. The tone remains light-hearted, with participants sharing amusing interactions in everyday situations, such as a waiter’s literal response about canned mushrooms and a woman’s inquiry about live lobsters, illustrating the often absurd nature of communication in various contexts.
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Every once in awhile you have a conversation with someone that leaves you shaking your head, right? Here is one from today.

Me: I'd like to get my car serviced [make and model given, etc]
Her: What do you need done?
Me: My heater fan is failing intermittantly
Her: Does it work at all? I need to know what parts to order
Me: It acts like the motor is going out; like it has a bad winding on the rotor. If it doesn't start, it will after I get up to 60 mph or so and get air moving across the fan. But I guess it could be something in the speed control as well. [too much information!]
Her: Well I need to know for sure so I know what to order
Me: You mean you need to know what has failed?
Her: Yes
Me: Well I'm not sure. I was thinking maybe your mechanic could figure that out
Her: Oh, good point.
 
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Oh, good point.

lol
 
ER patient to ER receptionist: Hi, I have an inflamed second appendix I need to have removed.

Receptionist: Yes, right way, sir. And thank you for being so helpful - we just had a guy in here who called himself "Ivan Seeking" - he just kept complaining of abdominal pain, he wouldn't tell us what we were supposed to do!
 
lisab said:
ER patient to ER receptionist: Hi, I have an inflamed second appendix I need to have removed.

Receptionist: Yes, right way, sir. And thank you for being so helpful - we just had a guy in here who called himself "Ivan Seeking" - he just kept complaining of abdominal pain, he wouldn't tell us what we were supposed to do!

You know, there is more humor in that than you know. When I was about 20 years old I was having abdominal pain; and pain where a guy really doesn't want it when I tried to lift something. It seemed like a classic hernia. So I went to the ER. The next thing I know the ER doc is ordering a CAT scan. "CAT scan?? Really?", said I, "I assumed it was just a hernia." So the doc came over, grabbed the goods, [cough], "Yeah, it's a hernia." Okay, thanks doc.:rolleyes:
 
Ivan Seeking said:
grabbed the goods, [cough], "Yeah, it's a hernia." Okay, thanks doc.:rolleyes:

Grabbed the goods LOL
 
Ivan Seeking said:
You know, there is more humor in that than you know. When I was about 20 years old I was having abdominal pain; and pain where a guy really doesn't want it when I tried to lift something. It seemed like a classic hernia. So I went to the ER. The next thing I know the ER doc is ordering a CAT scan. "CAT scan?? Really?", said I, "I assumed it was just a hernia." So the doc came over, grabbed the goods, [cough], "Yeah, it's a hernia." Okay, thanks doc.:rolleyes:

You didn't tell me you had your GOODS GRABBED!
 
I didn't know you were in the hospital, but I'm glad to hear you're holding your own.
 
Jimmy Snyder said:
I didn't know you were in the hospital, but I'm glad to hear you're holding your own.

It appears that this time...the docs holdin' em!
 
Somehow this thread seems to have taken a disturbing turn... :eek:
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Somehow this thread seems to have taken a disturbing turn... :eek:
Since it's going that way, I'll say, you're lucky you were 20; for me it was 5. :bugeye:
 
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dlgoff said:
Since it's going that way, I'll say, you're lucky you were 20; for me it was 5. :bugeye:

~ 20... For me it ended up being a real treat! I had nothing to do but to stay in bed, [take good drugs], watch every bit of rare and common NASA footage ever filmed for a couple of weeks, and then watch the very first launch of the Space Shuttle. It was a space nut's bonanza and a nerd's dream come true.
 
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I was eating at a restaurant, and I overheard the lady in the next table ask the waiter:

are the mushrooms in dish X fresh?

The waiter replies, apparently without sarcasm :

Yes, ma'am, we just opened the can.
 
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Bacle2 said:
I was eating at a restaurant, and I overheard the lady in the next table ask the waiter:

are the mushrooms in dish X fresh?

The waiter replies, apparently without sarcasm :

Yes, ma'am, we just opened the can.

Buahaha!
 
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I had a similar experience. I was picking out live lobsters to take home with me when the woman next to me asked the clerk, "Are these fresh?".
 

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