re: #113 albusteve

it is that…tomorrow they chop my leg off, my favorite leg

I’ve been on the other end of that operation as a surgical technician. Holding the leg while the doctor worked the saw. There wasn’t any option, really; we either cut the gangrene off at the pass or it ran the table.

Building a stump is an art and a science. They guys doing the work were focused and professional. All’s well that ends well; all the best.

Now you can go into politics. There’s endless room for self-deprecating jokes:

here I am out on the stump

I can’t kick about how the doctors treated me; I wouldn’t have a leg to stand on

that program’s got me hopping mad

Yes, it’s still not funny. But dark humor is our best answer to heavy stuff.