That Ronald Reagan Film
"I haven't felt this awful since we saw that Ronald Reagan film."
The first person to reply to this entry with the name of the movie with that quote gets a special prize.
So my body temp at this point is 104.8. But it feels much higher. I cannot, in all my life remember when I was as miserable as I am now. Ok, maybe the winter of 1987 when the chicken pox invaded my crotch. I'm only doing this to take my mind off the discomfort. Before anybody freaks out, I'm not in any danger until my body temp hits 106+. I can't go to the doctor because I don't have any health insurance. Though I have a full time job with full health insurance, my lame company claimed that my bronchial pneumonia that I had in April of 2005 was a "pre-existing condition" which of course it wasn't and my doc backed me up. The company had already paid the doctors before the final decision so until I cough up $13,600, I don't have any benefits. Lame. They couldn't do anything for me now anyway.
The thing with me is that though I rarely get sick, when I do, it's usually devastating. The fact that I've already missed two days, obviously won't be going in tomorrow and haven't been terminated is laughable (I missed two full weeks back in 2005 due to the pneumonia and my position isn't the type where that kinda crap is tolerated). Ok, back into the bathtub to fend off the chills.
August 1st, 2006 - 21:11
THe movie is “Airplane”. This is when Capt Oveur says: Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?
and a sick lady replies: “Oh, I can’t stand it! I haven’t felt this awful since we saw that Ronald Reagan film.”
MIchael, I hope you are feeling better. But please go to the Medics if you reach 106.00. Go to URgent care from Overlake Medical Center at Issaquah or Swedish HOspital at Issaquah. They are open 24 hours a day and they are way cheaper than an ER. I took my brother there back in Thanksgiving Day when he threw out his back.
August 2nd, 2006 - 07:18
So sorry you are sick, how miserable you must feel with that high of a temp!! Geezz having the chickenpox at age 13 must’ve been brutal!!
Get well soon and heed Alfredo’s advice about seeking medical help.
Love ya Nance
August 3rd, 2006 - 06:08
Nice Alfred! And I thought I was the only loser who remembered all the lines from that movie! I was actually written up and suspended with pay for one day when I uttered “looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.” as a joke during a major outage. My boss’ boss had never seen the movie and thought I was owning up to a drug problem that might have been the cause of an outage (turns out it was an errant backhoe in Oklahoma City). Heh.
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August 7th, 2006 - 21:08
Thanks Michael, I really appreciated!! Yep, i”m a big fan of the airplane I must confess. I’m sorry about what happened at work but your health is first.
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