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Man Told 'You're Pregnant - Maybe With Twins' (UK)
sky news ^ | Dec 8, 2010 | David Crabtree

Posted on 12/08/2010 2:29:00 PM PST by rdl6989

A Birmingham man was left "flabbergasted" after a hospital told him he was pregnant - and could be expecting twins.

Hilton Plettell received a letter inviting him for a scan at the ante-natal department of Norfolk and Norwich University NHS Hospital, to find out how far pregnant he was.

The 50-year-old merchandising manager was asked to attend with a full bladder - standard practice for ultrasound scans - and told that "sometimes it can show twins".

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: blunder; socializedmedicine
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1 posted on 12/08/2010 2:29:06 PM PST by rdl6989
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Something here doesn’t add up. Isn’t age 50 kind of old for this guy to be getting pregnant?


2 posted on 12/08/2010 2:30:50 PM PST by San Jacinto
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To: rdl6989

Wow. Just like Barney Rubble.


3 posted on 12/08/2010 2:31:12 PM PST by cld51860
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To: rdl6989

Coming soon to a hospital near you


4 posted on 12/08/2010 2:31:14 PM PST by camerongood210
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What did that KOS f*got say the other day?
Something about the private insurance companies not being able to compete with the efficiency and effectiveness of government health insurance?


5 posted on 12/08/2010 2:33:11 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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6 posted on 12/08/2010 2:33:35 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: San Jacinto

ROFL!!


7 posted on 12/08/2010 2:34:30 PM PST by MissTed ( Do women in burqas have fun tagging each other in Facebook photos?)
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To: San Jacinto

LOL, Very good.


8 posted on 12/08/2010 2:35:02 PM PST by dpa5923 (Small minds talk about people, normal minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.)
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To: rdl6989

After a Family Practice checkup I got a notice from Medicare saying they were denying the charge for my PSA.

Since I’m a her and not a him I was a bit stuned.


9 posted on 12/08/2010 2:35:12 PM PST by Carley (ISRAEL.......NOT SO ALONE!!!)
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What did that KOS f*got say the other day? Something about the private insurance companies not being able to compete with the efficiency and effectiveness of government health insurance?

Well, he is right. Just look at the USPS, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and a whole laundry list of other government programs. There's absolutely no way the private sector can compete with those.

10 posted on 12/08/2010 2:36:47 PM PST by camerongood210
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To: COBOL2Java

Yes, its happened before.

11 posted on 12/08/2010 2:37:11 PM PST by C210N (0bama, Making the US safe for Global Marxism)
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I can see how that would be stuning. 0care would make this an everyday occurrence.


12 posted on 12/08/2010 2:37:14 PM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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To: MrB

Sorry. Forgot the sarcasm tag...


13 posted on 12/08/2010 2:37:42 PM PST by camerongood210
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I regret calling him a f*got... I should have said “queer”.


14 posted on 12/08/2010 2:37:50 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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He gets a free sex-change operation if he shows up in a wig.


15 posted on 12/08/2010 2:37:50 PM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Liberalism is against human nature. Practicing liberalism is detrimental to your mental stability.)
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ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Getting laid


16 posted on 12/08/2010 2:38:12 PM PST by GunsAndBibles
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To: rdl6989

Bump!


17 posted on 12/08/2010 2:41:41 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: C210N
Back in the 70s Joan Rivers directed a lame movie about a pregnant man. “Rabbit Test” starring Billy Crystal.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078133/

18 posted on 12/08/2010 2:42:05 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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I regret calling him a f*got... I should have said “queer”.

Queer Markos doesn't know anything about building a campfire with a faggot of wood.

19 posted on 12/08/2010 2:42:48 PM PST by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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Image and video hosting by TinyPic The Original.
20 posted on 12/08/2010 2:45:06 PM PST by festusbanjo (The Tea Party is what the Republicans used to be, the Democrats are what the Soviets used to be.)
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