This is not sadistic. If we were watching an endless procession of tragedy day after day, i think that we would need to laugh too. Actually, don't you find that it is so rare for a person to meet a 'piano tuner' that they find the mere mention amusing? Like if you introduced yourself as a brain surgeon for rodents, or as a geotechnician on Mars....... You're a WHAT?!?!?! Scott Jackson Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 10:06 AM Subject: Re: Tilter; Was ca glue as pin tightener (TILTER) > I had a nurse laugh when I went to the hospital > for stitches, caused by hitting myself in the face > with a slipped stringing hook. > Nurses should not be sadists. > Thump > > --- John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> wrote: > > I broke my nose, two black eyes and a broken watch > > crystal. > > When I went to the hospital, and the nurses asked > > what had happened, I told > > them, and one that I knew, actually burst out > > laughing. She had the same > > sense of humour as myself. I have been known to > > laugh at others misfortune, > > imagining the situation in a funny way.
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