Mock the Stupid

A long time ago, Jenna got me hooked onto the "mock the stupid" LiveJournal community. For those who don't know, LJ communities are basically public blogs that anyone (well, any LJ member) can post in and comment on. Message board forums in blog style, I guess. I was catching up on some entries today, when one caught my eye-- mostly because it reminded me of Lisa's recent blog post chronicling stupid things she's heard at work.

I thought you all might appreciate these gems. The original post had this (regarding a health class where the instructor was teaching about tourniquets (and yes, she cautioned the class that it's no longer recommended)):

a girl decided to ask:
"So, if you can stop severe bleeding in your limbs using a tourniquet... could you tie a tourniquet around your neck to stop severe bleeding from your head??"

Apparently she was dead (haha) serious. That spawned a slew of tongue-in-cheek comments, of which the nursing-related ones were most hilarious. Observe:

--When my Nana trained as a nurse, the hospital she trained in had a tradition where each group of student nurses, upon arriving for their first surgical rotation were asked to go and get a neck tourniquet. She said that in nearly every group there was at least one student who fell for it.

--I usually send them for a box of fallopian tubes.

--A lab tech tried to get me to go to his mate in the stores for a 'long weight' once. Luckily it dawned on me before I was out the door so I could ask him if he wanted some tartan paint with it!

--Similar to the old high school football team tradition of sending the rookies out the look for the line of scrimmage.