# Nurse Ratchet Smackdown!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurse-ratchet-smackdown/372016>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 9, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurse-ratchet-smackdown/372016 "2006-09-09T01:07:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurse-ratchet-smackdown/372016/21 "2006-09-15T15:50:53Z")

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The plot thickens. Turns out this woman’s estranged husband has been [accused](http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_091406_news_nurse_husband_arrest_.d9affd1.html) of orchestrating the attack on his wife.

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**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurse-ratchet-smackdown/372016/22 "2006-09-16T19:58:14Z")

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Okay, that settles it, that hitman’s getting no more of **my** business.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurse-ratchet-smackdown/372016/23 "2006-09-16T20:52:20Z")

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Anybody who can take down a surprise assailant wielding a clawhammer has my vote.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurse-ratchet-smackdown/372016/24 "2006-09-16T21:52:12Z")

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What the hell sort of hitman uses a hammer? Must have been a deep discount contract, subbed out to a 3rd tier. Probably one of those Estwing pieces of crap.

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurse-ratchet-smackdown/372016/25 "2006-09-16T21:57:32Z")

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That’s what you get when you use Wal-Mart’s Rent-A-Hitman service. You get what you pay for.

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