> Subject: Re: re vernacular
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> William Beeby wrote:
> > Doctor to patient
> > Well, Geordie, did those suppositories help you with your problem?
> > Patient to doctor
> > Why no! I mean I put 'em up me back passage like you told us to,
> > but for all the good they did I might as well 'ave stuffed 'em up
> > me a**e.
> > Bill Beeby, Middlesbrough
>
> Oh my goodness..
> I first heard that one in Pharmacy School in 1969!! Life comes full
> circle through the marvels of modern technology...
> Jon Wilcox
I was told that the more up to date and safety conscious version was
associated with the warning on the package to 'Keep medicines out of
the reach of children'. Or is that old hat too?
Mike Wells
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