>   This is true...but sex isn't the be all and end all of marriage. It's
 > a fringe benefit.

It's some of both for some people. 

My dad said, & I agree, that a piece of paper doesn't mean you're truly
married & a lack of one doesn't mean you're not.

(he was married, though, twice to the same woman, in the same week! I was 
born 2.5 years later, so nobody can legit call me a bastard!)

I've been married without paper before (still legally married after 1 year, 
or 6 months, if you file taxes as a couple.) & have now been married 13.5
years, with paper. . .

Folks
 > have told me they get married to have sex legally, and I tell them they're
 > doing it for the wrong reason.

Yup.  I tell people to not mock marriage by going into it for the wrong
reasonsd, If you just want to boink, then do so. . .

 >   I've had to cut back on medical deals because of finances. Besides 
trying
 > to get the BBS into the cloud, I'm having to sell my car to take care of
 > plumbing issues at the house. I will take Uber out twice a month to the
 > Post Office, but will have groceries and medications delivered. Otherwise,
 > I'm staying home. That kills my independence, but I have no choice right
 > now.

It sucks that you guys are  the only G20 mation without 100% medical 
coverage!

 >  GP> That sounds like it was fun! I like when nurses are human/real. . .

 >   Talk about taking a turn for the nurse. 

Nah, I behave. . mostly. . .

I was in hospital years ago & my girlfriend was visiting, I asked her to 
close the curtains & hop into the bed with me; she balked, saying my roomies
would hear; my neigbour pipes up, "I won't listen -- go ahead!"

She then asks me, "Wjhat will we do if a nurse pokes her head in?"

I answered "She's going to ask, 'what do you think you're doing?' & while
she's waiting for an answer, we finish!"

She still refused --no sense of adventure! *sigh* (not that time, anyway)

 >   I liked the one where this guy was in the hospital, and he detested
 > the nurse "baby talking to him". They always asked for a urine sample,
 > so he got the idea to order some apple juice. He hid it under the sheet
 > to warm it up. The nurse walked in, asking for a sample, then walked out
 > so he could have his privacy to fill the specimen cup. Unknown to her,
 > he poured the apple juice in there. She walked back in, and alarmingly
 > said "Oooo...a little dark" (which usually means you're dehydrated).
 > The man promptly grabbed the cup, and said "That's OK, I'll run it
 > through again!!", and swigged it down. The nurse fainted dead away,
 > and never bothered him again. 

I heard it as:
Nurse: "It looks a little cloudy"
Patient: "No problem, I'll just run it through again" *glug*glug*

 >  GP> I always make friends with my nurses, as I seek not to be a problem
 >  GP> patient, but I will be assertive in my actual needs.

 >   That's the way to do it.

Yup - works well; my job for a number of yrears was basically flirting weith
nurses over the phone to get them to bend the rules for my clients. . .

 >  GP> I wear a stethoscope so that in a medical emergency...
 >  GP> I can teach people a valuable lesson about assumptions.

 >   As long as you're on this side of the grass.

Every dasy you wake up above ground is a good day!

A man clutched his chest & collapsed.

A guy RAN over saying, "I just finished a First Aid course, I'll take care of
it."

A woman came up & suggested he let her in, as he was flipping pages in his
manual to find thge next steps.

He said to her, "Don't worry, little lady, I got it covered. Let a man do his
thing, please."

As he's flipping pages & reading, she taps him on the shoulder & says, ever 
so sweetlly, "When you get to the part about calling a doctor, I'm already
here."


 > ... A narcissist is someone better looking than you are. -Gore Vidal

Q: What's a supermodel's favourite hot beverage?
A: Vanity

My wife looked at me beaming with pride and said, “Wow! I never thought our
son could go so far!”
I said, “I know. This trebuchet is amazing. Go get our daughter.”

Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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