I must go and put a goat on.
I had a voice mail this morning from "yesterday".
"You Mum's had fall but she's OK. Please ring 0161.... By the way we left a voice mail on your home phone."
*ring* *ring*
"Hello, Social Services here, your Mom's just fine, just a small bruise on her back and we think she has a UDI."
"Hello, this is me here, I'm glad Mom's Ok, you never left a message, and, how the hell did she get a UDI?"
"Oh, old folks get them all the time! Don't worry too much."
I paused for bit. 'Old folks get them a lot'? Jeez.
I got into work this morning. My work colleague was going though her phone messages and was visibly shaken.
"You OK?"
"Not to start with. I then realised that one message was for you. My mom died when I was 14, so I wondered how she 'had hurt her back, but was OK now'"
Ah, so my home phone number is actually my colleague's work number (not even my work number). Never mind. I can sort that out.
But how did Mom get a UDI? I learnt about these from my sister-in-law who used to work for the London Ambulance Service and there was a high prevalence of UDI's on a Saturday night.
I listened to the message again which was in a strong Wolverhampton accent.
It appears there is a difference between a Urinary Tract Infection and an Unidentified Drinking Injury.
It reminds me of the joke about the Farmer's wife who called the AA for the cows.
"You Mum's had fall but she's OK. Please ring 0161.... By the way we left a voice mail on your home phone."
*ring* *ring*
"Hello, Social Services here, your Mom's just fine, just a small bruise on her back and we think she has a UDI."
"Hello, this is me here, I'm glad Mom's Ok, you never left a message, and, how the hell did she get a UDI?"
"Oh, old folks get them all the time! Don't worry too much."
I paused for bit. 'Old folks get them a lot'? Jeez.
I got into work this morning. My work colleague was going though her phone messages and was visibly shaken.
"You OK?"
"Not to start with. I then realised that one message was for you. My mom died when I was 14, so I wondered how she 'had hurt her back, but was OK now'"
Ah, so my home phone number is actually my colleague's work number (not even my work number). Never mind. I can sort that out.
But how did Mom get a UDI? I learnt about these from my sister-in-law who used to work for the London Ambulance Service and there was a high prevalence of UDI's on a Saturday night.
I listened to the message again which was in a strong Wolverhampton accent.
It appears there is a difference between a Urinary Tract Infection and an Unidentified Drinking Injury.
It reminds me of the joke about the Farmer's wife who called the AA for the cows.
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