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FReeper Canteen ~ Are You Right or Left Brained? ~ 08 January 2014
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 01/07/2014 6:00:13 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska

~ Freeper Canteen ~

Canteen Mission Statement
Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Today We Want To Know.....

Are You Right or Left Brained?

Click here and take the quiz!

To share your results, click on the pink "HTML" button,
then copy and paste the code into a "Reply" box.

Have fun!

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.




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To: beachn4fun
This little guy is exactly how I was feeling yesterday.

Lots of homework, very late night, so many corrections needed. 2 holidays in one pay period were a bear. One would think folks would know by now how to put their hours on their timecards, but alas, not. We have lots of folks who work holidays. And then salary folks who put "worked holiday"....they can't. Friday will see reminders going out...again.

181 posted on 01/08/2014 11:34:25 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: MEG33; beachn4fun
A day late, but thanks for taking the quiz. As good as you are at graphics, I'm surprised.

You Are 55% Left Brained, 45% Right Brained
The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning.
Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others.
If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic.
Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet.

The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility.
Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way.
If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art.
Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.
Are You Right or Left Brained?

Pretty much me....I was nowhere to be found when the writing and art genes were passed out. d:o)


182 posted on 01/08/2014 11:50:00 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Arrowhead1952

Thanks, unique, for the woohoo.

Arrowhead.....#150!!


183 posted on 01/08/2014 11:53:52 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: MHGinTN

You are only as old as you feel? LOL!

But you are right...fun should continue forever. d:o)


184 posted on 01/08/2014 11:55:07 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: MeshugeMikey

Your right brain is welcome.


185 posted on 01/09/2014 12:10:44 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: AZamericonnie

Nope, no snow or ice. Just cold and that’s about it. :-)


186 posted on 01/09/2014 1:14:36 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Good morning and good night Ma ((HUGS))

One would think folks would know by now how to put their hours on their timecards, but alas, not

Ain't that the truth...they're notorious here too!

p.s. I see by the quiz results, you are pretty well balanced.
Me? Yeah, I'm a day dreamer.

187 posted on 01/09/2014 3:21:22 AM PST by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)
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To: HiJinx; SandRat

LOL. you guyz!


188 posted on 01/09/2014 3:23:11 AM PST by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)
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To: beachn4fun; AZamericonnie; LUV W; Kathy in Alaska; HiJinx

More HAHAs about a colonoscopy

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I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy.

A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color diagram of the colon, a lengthy organ that appears to go all over the place, at one point passing briefly through Minneapolis .

Then Andy explained the colonoscopy procedure to me in a thorough, reassuring and patient manner.

I nodded thoughtfully, but I didn’t really hear anything he said, because my brain was shrieking, quote, ‘HE’S GOING TO STICK A TUBE 17,000 FEET UP YOUR BEHIND!’

I left Andy’s office with some written instructions, and a prescription for a product called ‘MoviPrep,’ which comes in a box large enough to hold a microwave oven.

I will discuss MoviPrep in detail later; for now suffice it to say that we must never allow it to fall into the hands of America ‘s enemies.

I spent the next several days productively sitting around being nervous.

Then, on the day before my colonoscopy, I began my preparation.

In accordance with my instructions, I didn’t eat any solid food that day; all I had was chicken broth, which is basically water, only with less flavor.

Then, in the evening , I took the MoviPrep. You mix two packets of powder together in a one-liter plastic jug, then you fill it with lukewarm water. (For those unfamiliar with the metric system, a liter is about 32 gallons). Then you have to drink the whole jug. This takes about an hour, be ca use MoviPrep tastes - and here I am being kind - like a mixture of goat spit and urinal cleanser, with just a hint of lemon.

The instructions for MoviPrep, clearly written by somebody with a great sense of humor, state that after you drink it, ‘a loose, watery bowel movement may result’.

This is kind of like saying that after you jump off your roof, you may experience contact with the ground.

MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don’t want to be too graphic, here, but: have you ever seen a space-shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish the commode had a seat belt. You spend several hours pretty much confined to the bathroom, spurting violently. You eliminate everything. And then, when you figure you must be totally empty, you have to drink another liter of MoviPrep, at which point, as far as I ca n tell, your bowels travel into the future and start eliminating food that you have not even eaten yet.

After an action-packed evening, I finally got to sleep.

The next morning my wife drove me to the clinic. I was very nervous. Not only was I worried about the procedure, but I had been experiencing occasional return bouts of MoviPrep spurtage. I was thinking, ‘What if I spurt on Andy?’ How do you apologize to a friend for something like that? Flowers would not be enough.

At the clinic I had to sign many forms acknowledging that I understood and totally agreed with whatever the heck the forms said. Then they led me to a room full of other colonoscopy people, where I went inside a little curtained space and took off my clothes and put on one of those hospital garments designed by sadist perverts; the kind that, when you put it on, makes you feel even more naked than when you are actually naked.

Then a nurse named Eddie put a little needle in a vein in my left hand. Ordinarily I would have fainted, but Eddie was very good, and I was already lying down. Eddie also told me that some people put vodka in their MoviPrep.

At first I was ticked off that I hadn’t thought of this, but then I pondered what would happen if you got yourself too tipsy to make it to the bathroom, so you were staggering around in full Fire Hose Mode. You would have no choice but to burn your house.

When everything was ready, Eddie wheeled me into the procedure room, where Andy was waiting with a nurse and an anesthesiologist. I did not see the 17,000-foot tube, but I knew Andy had it hidden around there somewhere.

I was seriously nervous at this point.

Andy had me roll over on my left side, and the anesthesiologist began hooking something up to the needle in my hand.

There was music playing in the room, and I realized that the song was ‘Dancing Queen’ by ABBA. I remarked to Andy that, of all the songs that could be playing during this particular procedure, ‘Dancing Queen’ had to be the least appropriate.

‘You want me to turn it up?’ said Andy, from somewhere behind me..

‘Ha ha,’ I said. And then it was time; the moment I had been dreading for more than a decade. If you are squeamish, prepare yourself, be ca use I am going to tell you, in explicit detail, exactly what it was like.

I have no idea! Really! I slept through it! One moment, ABBA was yelling, ‘Dancing Queen, feel the beat of the tambourine,’ and the next moment, I was back in the other room, waking up in a very mellow mood.
Andy was looking down at me and asking me how I felt. I felt excellent.. I felt even more excellent when Andy told me that It was all over, and that my colon had passed with flying colors. I have never been prouder of an internal organ.


189 posted on 01/09/2014 1:16:40 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat

ROFL!!

I spoke to a woman the other day that said “Hey....vodka is a clear liqiud & it made the whole experiance much more bearable!”

Gee....I didn’t think of that! ;-}


190 posted on 01/09/2014 3:34:51 PM PST by AZamericonnie
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To: SandRat

That is hilarious! If it wasn’t Dave Barry, it could have been. LOL!


191 posted on 01/09/2014 4:00:58 PM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
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To: LUV W

But it was!!


192 posted on 01/09/2014 4:51:41 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat

I guess I missed his name on the post but his humor always spoke to me :)


193 posted on 01/09/2014 5:25:47 PM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; beachn4fun; Arrowhead1952; LUV W

My back needs lots of TLC so I am not on the computer much..Forgive my not responding and I thank you for your pings.
(((HUGS)))


194 posted on 01/10/2014 9:49:35 AM PST by MEG33
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To: MEG33; Kathy in Alaska

Not to worry Meg...we’re here when you can make it. Hope your back is better soon.

HUGS


195 posted on 01/10/2014 11:41:25 AM PST by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)
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