Shingles

[jgcunningham]

I've worked backstage in theatres for over 20 years now. Yes, those bring back memories of sending out newbies for things like -

A spool of shoreline (For the HMS Pinafore and Mr. Roberts)

The left-handed hammer (when you are a lefty and a right-handed hammer makes you miss because it's weighted wrong.)

The metric Crescent wrench (For those metric nuts and bolts that pop up more often now.)

The table saw silencer (when the saw is too loud during rehearsal)

A skyhook (to lift things, of course)

Dark lightbulbs (when the regular ones are too bright)

Plaid/Striped paint (How else are you going to paint it that way?)

The paint separator (To get back all the pigments you mixed in when you're done with that color. It works kind of like a cream separator.)

The sand dryer (It's used to dry the wet sand in front of the outdoor stage. In a pinch, there's a big yellow one up in the sky that can be used.)

[Livingston]

I work in a small IT sales company and this morning one of the other experienced salesmen was lamenting about how our cost on an item was higher than list price. I suggested to him that he bundle it with some internet ready mouse pads. "Oh, you can bundle that?" The rest of us just about died laughing. When I looked over at him, he was hanging and shaking his head.

[jkane]

Snipe Hunting! That's a classic. A snipe is a bird. You send the victim to the other side of the woods with a burlap sack. Tell him you will chase the snipe through the woods and he is to catch them in the bag as they run out. He goes and when he is out of sight, you go home and wait for him to give up and come back too.

[jkane]

On the not so funny side ... I went to a doctor many years ago with a burning sensation on my back. The doctor looked at it and quickly ran out to the hallway and hollored to some others that they had to come see this as it may be the only time in their lives they get to see it in person! DOH! He hadn't even told me anything yet. I am thinking I have some rare deadly disease. After they got in the room and all saw it he finally
said it was a classic case of shingles. I guess the back is one of the places where it looks like shingles more than other parts of the body or something. Oh well! I lived.