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    Surviving a stroke.

    Council votes to officially rename city "Derry"

    (If I could link, I would)

    #2
    Surviving a stroke.

    I thought this was going to be a tribute to one of Green Calx's former user names.

    Irish Times link.

    Unionists in Northern Ireland have accused Derry City and Strabane District Council of “sectarian” behaviour after it voted in favour of changing the official name of Londonderry to Derry.

    At the Guildhall on Thursday a vote to change the name of the city was passed with support from Sinn Fein, the SDLP and independent councillors, despite opposition from the minority unionist group on the nationalist-controlled council.

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      #3
      Surviving a stroke.

      Ugh, bit of a tactless thread title, Guy, given that some people here have had close encounters with strokes (and no, that's not a double entendre).

      Are you still at the young and immortal stage of life? Or am I being over-sensitive?

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        #4
        Surviving a stroke.

        Un poco.

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          #5
          Surviving a stroke.

          MsD wrote: Ugh, bit of a tactless thread title, Guy, given that some people here have had close encounters with strokes (and no, that's not a double entendre).

          Are you still at the young and immortal stage of life? Or am I being over-sensitive?
          I didn't coin that soubriquet

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            #6
            Surviving a stroke.

            Well, to be frank, MsD's was my initial reaction (being one of the people she references), but I figured Guy merited some Friday evening slack.

            The thread is highly likely to attract the usual nonsense without needing to add to its baggage.

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              #7
              Surviving a stroke.

              Oh. I don't merit any slack, Friday evening or otherwise. But it wouldn't be the first tasteless pun employed in this arena.

              Does it change things if it can be regarded as personal, rather than directed at "celebrities" and their families who have suffered personal tragedies and/or trauma?

              This contributor suggests not.

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                #8
                Surviving a stroke.

                Oh, OK. Carry on.

                It's not that I don't think you should joke about illness, but my first reaction was that you or someone close had a stroke and you needed advice.

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                  #9
                  Surviving a stroke.

                  Mine too, FWIW.

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                    #10
                    Surviving a stroke.

                    I haven't had a stroke.

                    But I have been fairly candid about my medical history.

                    And especially the potentially life-threatening conditions.

                    If I go down without warning, then I go down without warning.

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                      #11
                      Surviving a stroke.

                      So yeah, then

                      "City Council Renames Municipality After Football Club", eh?

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                        #12
                        Surviving a stroke.

                        Depends which day of the week they do it, doesn't it?

                        (And whether they're in Wales...)

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                          #13
                          Surviving a stroke.

                          Guy Potger wrote: I haven't had a stroke.

                          But I have been fairly candid about my medical history.

                          And especially the potentially life-threatening conditions.

                          If I go down without warning, then I go down without warning.
                          Ah yes. The ticketty ticker.

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                            #14
                            Surviving a stroke.

                            How do you know so much about everyone's medical conditions?

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                              #15
                              Surviving a stroke.

                              She pays attention

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                                #16
                                Surviving a stroke.

                                And keeps dossiers.

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                                  #17
                                  Surviving a stroke.

                                  But we all do that.

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                                    #18
                                    Surviving a stroke.

                                    Does anyone want to know about my bowels?

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                                      #19
                                      Surviving a stroke.

                                      Ah, Mr IBS, do come in. WOM is already here.

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                                        #20
                                        Surviving a stroke.

                                        Oh, you're good.

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                                          #21
                                          Surviving a stroke.

                                          I don't actually think of you as "Mr IBS".

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                                            #22
                                            Surviving a stroke.

                                            Thank God. I get enough of that from my so-called mates.

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                                              #23
                                              Surviving a stroke.

                                              MsD wrote: Ah, Mr IBS, do come in. WOM is already here.
                                              I'm oddly flattered.

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                                                #24
                                                Surviving a stroke.

                                                I have had a fair few mates survive strokes and all the lot on here. I reckon it's the man-flu for the 21st century. Now, panic attacks, they are heavy.

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                                                  #25
                                                  Surviving a stroke.

                                                  ursus arctos wrote: But we all do that.
                                                  But that's only because we all work in adjoining offices for GCHQ.

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