tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post8859911212580441580..comments2023-11-25T01:12:34.326+00:00Comments on Benefit Scrounging Scum: "Oh! You're in your buggy now"BenefitScroungingScumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08939136229593231935noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-86625986798952685802012-05-02T15:05:02.486+01:002012-05-02T15:05:02.486+01:00Its a real shame it was a nurse and not random bu...Its a real shame it was a nurse and not random builders...<br /><br />Come the revolution even builders will realise that a wheelchair or (God forbid) a "buggy" isn't a exemption from being devilishly attractive and very fuckable.<br /><br />P.S. Sweet old ladies are devious swines. I intend to be one myself one day.hossylasshttp://ouchtoo.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-36355322143555656672012-04-27T22:08:55.829+01:002012-04-27T22:08:55.829+01:00Obvious generation thing going on. Sos. Let's ...Obvious generation thing going on. Sos. Let's respect.Hellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622208944935355868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-19828827461562918202012-04-27T20:29:45.088+01:002012-04-27T20:29:45.088+01:00Get real 'n' get an education. Really?? Is...Get real 'n' get an education. Really?? Is this toooooooo much!Hellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622208944935355868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-91507054469555922312012-04-26T16:27:07.027+01:002012-04-26T16:27:07.027+01:00I don't see the problem with the word buggy, b...I don't see the problem with the word buggy, but maybe it's a generational thing or a geographical thing. <br /><br />To me buggy for pram/pushchair is a new and foreign use and there are all sorts of 'grown up' buggies to be found everywhere from beaches to airports to golf courses and I remember watching goggle-eyed at the first moon buggy. <br /><br />Before you get offended, be sure the person using it comes from the same generation and background as you do and makes the same assumptions as you do about the primary meaning of the word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-6141244199748388292012-04-26T12:01:12.161+01:002012-04-26T12:01:12.161+01:00I've encountered several people who use mobili...I've encountered several people who use mobility scooters and call them "buggies".<br /><br />For them infantilisation is less embarrassing than the social shame of being disabled. Shame about being disabled being the reason they got a "buggy" rather than a wheelchair in the first place.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-70130239187712510422012-04-25T18:06:34.272+01:002012-04-25T18:06:34.272+01:00Urgh. Sounds like a dire day.
Obviously the "...Urgh. Sounds like a dire day.<br /><br />Obviously the "buggy" comment very irritating, 'specially on a bad day... but to be fair to Dr H he's a consultant and thus more likely than not a golfer. So he may have been thinking of a golf buggy rather than a baby buggy. Of course, he may not have been, he may just be a complete idiot, but it might be easier for you to meet him with equanimity another time, if you have to, if you assume it was a mildly tactless use of a homonym rather than the really ludicrous piece of idiocy suggested by your first interpretation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-13899840189499781212012-04-25T04:22:00.670+01:002012-04-25T04:22:00.670+01:00Head, meet desk. Or floor, you know, whichever end...Head, meet desk. Or floor, you know, whichever ends up being easier to reach.<br /><br />Still here, still reading. xxxVeronica Foalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519401661788911341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-24940660305492201472012-04-24T23:40:23.714+01:002012-04-24T23:40:23.714+01:00I have just found your blog (Thanks to and congrat...I have just found your blog (Thanks to and congrats on the Orwell prize shortlisting). Your postings are just wonderful and awful. I laugh and cry. I am a GP and I hear this all the time. They are not bad people in the hospital, but they are just not designed for really ill, complicated people anymore.They used to be, when your consultant was as good as your GP. If you don't fit into their simple little boxes they lose control. I hope you have a good GP and have a good laugh and don't weep too often. <br />Good luck<br />ChrisChris Johnstonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-73089822801402891222012-04-24T14:43:25.311+01:002012-04-24T14:43:25.311+01:00One of the invisible things that come with it is t...One of the invisible things that come with it is the inward weeping.............lHellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622208944935355868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-37240185453347970772012-04-24T14:25:29.669+01:002012-04-24T14:25:29.669+01:00Always a stress a hossi visit every aspect about i...Always a stress a hossi visit every aspect about it. Picking up on the bit where you had a chat with gentleman I think the gov, media have been more than successful at 'saint and scrongers bit' as simply when you get so ill or disabled you get so sick whatever you circumstance if you NEED state help it is a case of 'We're all in it together' at the end of the day we are all in the same boat....unlike sadly, disgracefully portrayed, we Unfortunately people will never understand until their in the position or talk to some one in it! Off course if you've got billions in the bank you don't have to ask for state assistance but your still live with being sick or disabled.<br />Not good to be sick or disabled and all the invisible things that come with it.Hellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622208944935355868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-78189807253787391822012-04-24T14:16:38.340+01:002012-04-24T14:16:38.340+01:00Actually my dietician was very helpful. She made s...Actually my dietician was very helpful. She made sure I got prescribed Complan Shakes for when I'm too tired to make a meal, or to eat safely. She gave me advice about items to have in the house as snacks when I'm in bed too. And told me that fizzy drinks leach calcium from bones so people with EDS should cut down on fizzy drinks. Everything she suggested was relevant and worked within my capabilities. So I suggest you meet the dietician with an open mind - you never know, they might be helpful & competent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-86800612404774407492012-04-24T13:35:47.271+01:002012-04-24T13:35:47.271+01:00Small comfort but i know exactly how you feel/what...Small comfort but i know exactly how you feel/what you say. I am going to 'share' this as it kinda says what my brain no longer allows my mouth to say,succinctly and concisely...x Spotted this too late to catch you on Radio 5,but will catch it online,hopefully.<br /><br />Thank you for letting us 'in your head(for 40yrs)'' oopppsss,you actually have an actual,genuine Disorder,syndrome......,people feel less alone. HugsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com