When I went in for my surgery, I was hanging out with Nurse Allie (Allie Penner to most of you). She was beginning to prep me for my surgery. First off, I adore Nurse Allie completely appropriately, however as I was wheeled into the operating room she walked up to my gurney which was much skinnier than I was and she had this devilish grin on her face. The whole experience was a bit overwhelming. I was attempting not soil my hospital gown as it was. It wasn't mine and I was going to have to give it back at some point. What I did make note of, but not really acknowledge, was the grinding noise that was going on in the back ground. That grin of hers was the pleasure she was going to take in telling me that grinding noise was actually the sound of someone sawing cadaver bone off of cadaver ACL that would be going into me. I didn't need to know that.
She told me that most people who go under anesthesia will begin telling her a story but it will never finish. We agreed that I would just go for a simple knock-knock joke. I never thought she would actually cash in on the knock-knock joke so I felt it was safe to promise something I would never have to make good on. She must know the power of the anesthesia, so she waited until I had gotten my first good hit of drugs. I would never encourage anyone to participate in illegal substances but if given the chance for a way to get a hold of this stuff while being overseen by a doctor of medical practice please do it. So I get my first hit of this stuff and Nurse Allie asks again for that knock-knock joke. At this point I was more than happy to oblige. As I can recall it went a little something like this:
Nurse Allie : "So what is this knock-knock joke you have for us."
Me : "Oh I have a grut one. Hure goooose. Knock-Knock."
Nurse Allie : "Who's there?"
Me : "Interrupting Cow"
Nurse Allie : "Interrupting Cow w..."
Me : "MOOOOOOOO" ( I am a comedic genius)
From this point they hit me again with what I can only guess was a rhino tranquilizer from the speed and ferocity it was taking me to dreamy land.
Me : "I got anutr juannnnn. Knock-Knowc" ( mind you I am almost gone)
Nurse Allie : "Who's there" (Enjoying this more than she should)
Me : "Interrupting Sloth"
Nurse Allie : "Interrupting Sloth Who"
I begin to raise myself off of the table to poke her in the forehead, cause that is what an interrupting sloth would do.
What comes next is only hearsay, but she has never been proven to be a liar before. You see, the third part of the joke ends with a slap.
"Knock-Knock, Who's There, Completely Uncalled for, Completely Uncalled for who (SLAP)"
I thankfully had my wits about me enough to know never ever ever ever ever slap a person that is sedating you and then their father is cutting into you. 4th Commandment I believe.
I kindly informed her of the third part of the joke and then giggled myself to sleep like three girls at a slumber party. When I woke up I had a new knee. Thanks Doc Hanson. And thanks Nurse Allie for encouraging me and putting up with what will always be in my mind the greatest knock-knock joke ever.
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