“I suppose,” she re-
plied. “I’m still cook-
ing it.” —gcfl.netOur home number is
very close to one at
Fort Leonard Wood in
Missouri, and we often
get calls meant for
them. Like this one ...
Caller: This is [mili-
tary rank and name].
I’m at the St. Louis air-
port. When is someone
going to pick me up?
Me: I’m sorry, you have
the wrong number.
Caller: Isn’t this[phone number]?
Me: Close, but we’re
hundreds of miles
away from the airport.
Caller: (after a pause)
So you don’t know
who’s going to pick
me up?
—notalwaysright.comAt the outpatient sur-
gery center where I
work, the anesthesiolo-
gist chats with patients
before their operations
to help them relax.
One day, he thought
he recognized a
woman as a coworker
from the VA hospital
where he had trained.
When the patient
confirmed that his
hunch was correct, the
anesthesiologist said,
“So tell me, is the food
there still as bad as it
used to be?”
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