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Old Sep 20th 2009 | 4:43 pm
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Newfoundlanders have the lowest stress rate because they do not take medical terminology seriously. You are going to die anyway, so live life.



Newfie Medical Dictionary

Artery............................. The study of paintings
Bacteria......................... Back door to cafeteria
Barium........................... What doctors do when patients die
Benign........................... What you be, after you be eight
Caesarean Section...... A neighborhood in Rome
Cat scan....................... Searching for Kitty
Cauterize...................... Made eye contact with her
Colic..............................A sheep dog
Coma............................ A punctuation mark
Dilate............................ To live long
Enema...........................Not a friend
Fester........................... Quicker than someone else
Fibula........................... A small lie
Impotent........................Distinguished, well known
Labour Pain................. Getting hurt at work
Medical Staff............... A Doctor's cane
Morbid........................... A higher offer
Nitrates......................... Cheaper than day rates
Node.............................. I knew it
Outpatient..................... A person who has fainted
Pelvis................. .......... Second cousin to Elvis
Post Operative............ A letter carrier
Recovery Room.......... Place to do upholstery
Rectum......................... Damn near killed him
Secretion...................... Hiding something
Seizure........................ Roman emperor
Tablet........................... A small table
Terminal Illness.......... Getting sick at the airport
Tumor........................... One plus one more
Urine............................. Opposite of you're out
 
Old Sep 21st 2009 | 12:46 am
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Originally Posted by Wellington,






















Newfoundlanders have the lowest stress rate because they do not take medical terminology seriously. You are going to die anyway, so live life.



Newfie Medical Dictionary

Artery............................. The study of paintings
Bacteria......................... Back door to cafeteria
Barium........................... What doctors do when patients die
Benign........................... What you be, after you be eight
Caesarean Section...... A neighborhood in Rome
Cat scan....................... Searching for Kitty
Cauterize...................... Made eye contact with her
Colic..............................A sheep dog
Coma............................ A punctuation mark
Dilate............................ To live long
Enema...........................Not a friend
Fester........................... Quicker than someone else
Fibula........................... A small lie
Impotent........................Distinguished, well known
Labour Pain................. Getting hurt at work
Medical Staff............... A Doctor's cane
Morbid........................... A higher offer
Nitrates......................... Cheaper than day rates
Node.............................. I knew it
Outpatient..................... A person who has fainted
Pelvis................. .......... Second cousin to Elvis
Post Operative............ A letter carrier
Recovery Room.......... Place to do upholstery
Rectum......................... Damn near killed him
Secretion...................... Hiding something
Seizure........................ Roman emperor
Tablet........................... A small table
Terminal Illness.......... Getting sick at the airport
Tumor........................... One plus one more
Urine............................. Opposite of you're out


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Old Sep 21st 2009 | 6:48 am
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Substitute Newfie for Irish, Redneck, Southern, Welsh or any other english speaking ethnic group you wish to poke fun at and it would be just as funny. Or not.
 
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Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
Substitute Newfie for Irish, Redneck, Southern, Welsh or any other english speaking ethnic group you wish to poke fun at and it would be just as funny. Or not.
 
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Originally Posted by dollface
Oh come on, did any of them raise a smile for you?
 
Old Sep 21st 2009 | 6:53 am
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Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
Oh come on, did any of them raise a smile for you?
I thought it was kinda amusing Butch baby
 
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Originally Posted by dollface
I thought it was kinda amusing Butch baby
Fair enough, I must suffering from a 'humourless day'..........................

No thats not true cos the talking animals had me in stitches....................

Oh well
 
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Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
Fair enough, I must suffering from a 'humourless day'..........................

No thats not true cos the talking animals had me in stitches....................

Oh well
ow hun, I still you, bad day or not
 
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Must pass this onto a Newfie I know
 
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Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
Oh come on, did any of them raise a smile for you?
They did the first time I read them, many years ago . I still don't get the barium one
 
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Originally Posted by fledermaus
They did the first time I read them, many years ago . I still don't get the barium one
barium - bury them - buryum
 
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Originally Posted by dollface
barium - bury them - buryum
But it's not pronounced like that.

Bare - eee - um

Bury?? nah.

Thanks anyway
 
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Originally Posted by fledermaus
But it's not pronounced like that.

Bare - eee - um
Bury?? nah.

Thanks anyway
pronounced that way in Newfie
 
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As a newfie....thanks for the laugh!
 


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