# Bad, bad, bad Comatose mistaken ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984 "2022-06-10T17:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/21 "2022-06-10T19:59:39Z")
Beck needs one of these in her window, too. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExuOkioWYAkWWHy.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExuOkioWYAkWWHy.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/22 "2022-06-10T19:59:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You can bunk downstairs in the fish room, but don’t touch anything. I hope that’s not anything like “sleep with the fishes.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/23 "2022-06-10T20:17:05Z")
You’ll be happy to know I’m actually occasionally mute. It’s an anxiety thing. Or I plan it. 😜 Not sure. I would never shut-up if @Cecil_Adams showed up. !! 🤭 I promise. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/24 "2022-06-10T20:25:19Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I was put in a medically induced coma to let my brain rest. That’s what they’re telling you. Are you sure it’s not so _they_ can get some rest? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/25 "2022-06-10T20:28:00Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > That’s what they’re telling you. Are you sure it’s not so _they_ can get some rest? Thread _ **🏆** _ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/26 "2022-06-10T20:28:18Z")
Well, could be I am exasperating. The Li’l wrekker says I was being seriously combative and out of control. But she’s very judgemental. So, I do not believe her. I’m just trying to stay alive, folks. 😌 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/27 "2022-06-10T20:30:14Z")
The nurses are immune to my carrying on. I do manage to scare a young CNA or young intern some days. I got my eye on one really freaked out looking guy. Yes, people, there will be tears.😌 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/28 "2022-06-10T20:33:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I got my eye on one really freaked out looking guy. Yes, people, there will be tears. See if you can get him to smuggle you in some corn dogs, and/or cats. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/29 "2022-06-10T20:33:59Z")
Good idea 💡 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/30 "2022-06-10T20:36:45Z")
But how can you threaten somebody, while stroking a white cat, _if you don’t have the cat?_ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/31 "2022-06-10T20:38:24Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I can make notes and show them to passers by. “Wanna buy some pills?” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/32 "2022-06-10T21:20:04Z")
I made my first sign. (Lil Wrekker is a easy mark, she went to get the sketch pad and pens) My sign says " **I Need A Cat in my Lap to Heal, Urgently**" I have it in my window to Nurse Hell, they hate me already. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/33 "2022-06-10T21:29:31Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > **I Need A Cat in my Lap to Heal, Urgently**" Are you intending to heal the cat or you. You might want to clarify. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/34 "2022-06-10T21:30:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I made my first sign. (Lil Wrekker is a easy mark, she went to get the sketch pad and pens) > > My sign says " **I Need A Cat in my Lap to Heal, Urgently**" > > I have it in my window to Nurse Hell, they hate me already. - The correct word is “Stat!”, not “Urgently”. The natives will like you more if you speak their language. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/35 "2022-06-10T21:41:18Z")
I like the signs idea, especially if they irk people. If you must engage in hijinks–and you do–I’d rather you had trouble with stares than stairs. So glad you’re still with us. Also, I love the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/36 "2022-06-10T22:02:21Z")
Yeah, Boo, I thought of that. I’m grammatically-challenged some times. I did get Jojo healed the last time I was in the hospital. So either, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/37 "2022-06-10T22:03:20Z")
Next sign adjacent to the first one… **STAT!!** ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/38 "2022-06-10T22:11:13Z")
Ha! A nurse brought me a thing of Scotch tape. I was using bandaids. Oh my. Co-operation. It ruins the whole thing. Smart ass Nurse.😡 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/39 "2022-06-10T22:17:39Z")
Maybe she’s dealt with you before. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984/40 "2022-06-10T22:31:00Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I was being seriously combative and out of control. Several years ago, one of my coworkers called in sick, saying he had fallen and hit his head. A few minutes later he called again to tell us the same thing, and didn’t remember making the first call. Then he called again. He lived alone, so we had someone go and check on him. He was buck-naked and got in a fistfight with the ambulance crew. A head injury can get you quite discombobulated! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-comatose-mistaken-ideas/965984.md?page=3)