> As part of the admission procedure in the hospital where I work, I
> ask the patients if they are allergic to anything. If they are, I
> print it on an allergy band placed on the patient's wrists.
> Once when I asked an elderly woman if she had any allergies, she
> said she couldn't eat bananas. Imagine my surprise when several
> hours later a very irate son came out to the nurses' station
> demanding, "Who's responsible for labeling my mother 'bananas'?"

Then there was the little boy who when asked if he had any allergies, stuff he  can't have, whispered in the doc's ear.

Later he went home sporting an orange bracelet which had on it, in big black  letters: "ALLERGIC TO: BROCCOLI, SPINACH"

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