# So I am back in the hospital again. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019 "2015-03-26T12:18:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/21 "2015-03-26T20:00:50Z")
And I’m heading for home. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/22 "2015-03-26T21:12:58Z")
I don’t understand the issue? Simply hop into a Continua-Buggy and travel back to a time where you felt better! Flawless!!! And you call that a hit list? Any list without Bieber and/or TSwift isn’t worth reading. :mad: ---
**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:** [March 26, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/23 "2015-03-26T21:20:54Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > And you call that a hit list? Any list without Bieber and/or TSwift isn’t worth reading. :mad: Weird Al did a full parody of T. Swift while Bieber only rated a part of a polka medley. Miss Swift wins. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/24 "2015-03-26T22:38:10Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > And I’m heading for home. What, exactly, do you mean by that? We need the answer fast if you’re heading “home.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/25 "2015-03-26T22:53:09Z")
Sorry to hear you are ailing. Get well soon. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/26 "2015-03-27T00:08:56Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > And I’m heading for home. Does that mean the spree of wanton carnage is off for now? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/27 "2015-03-27T01:25:39Z")
I wanted the power to compel bees. Anyway, the severe danger was the dehydration. Hospitals fix that with something called a drip IV. They can get calories in you the same way while they use antibiotics to kill the baddies in your intestinal track, and then yogurt you up. You’re back home, I’m glad to hear it. ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/28 "2015-03-27T01:53:40Z")
Does this mean we’re out of your house? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/29 "2015-03-27T02:06:55Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > And I’m heading for home. Yes, home. Home for that final rest. Home, for all eternity. Safe in the knowledge that all your stuff is in good hands. That’s right, go home, old friend. It’sjust up ahead. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/30 "2015-03-27T03:09:35Z")
I had something like that, **Skald** , though milder. When I recovered enough to speak without as much fear that the action of expelling air might cause an opposite reaction at the other end I yelled up to my kids that the Ebola hadn’t taken me yet. “I saw your car and figured you’d been fired.” Word to the wise: Don’t have offspring. They remember when you used that line on them. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/31 "2015-03-27T10:35:50Z")
My brother, when ill, always said “I have a bad case of two exits, no waiting.” ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/32 "2015-03-27T18:44:12Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > And I’m heading for home. So, what should I do with this McCarthy woman (he asked, uh, hypothetically)? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/33 "2015-03-27T19:30:09Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > So, what should I do with this McCarthy woman (he asked, uh, hypothetically)? Yeah! I was very conflicted. I like **Skald** and wish him well, but if he’s got plans to have Jenny McCarthy assassinated after he dies… what outcome do you root for there? ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/34 "2015-03-27T21:24:56Z")
Ooh, ooh! I call dibs on Jenny McCarthy! She’s mine, I tell you. How about tied between two horses and ripped apart? Too easy a death, you say? What about partially hung and then drawn and quartered while still alive. After being rubbed with honey and staked out over a nest of fire ants. Pleeease? Don’t let someone else have all the fun. Now, more importantly, you take care of yourself, **Skald** , and get better immediately. That’s an order! Who else can Athena count on if you’re laid up? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/35 "2015-03-27T21:35:25Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > What, exactly, do you mean by that? > > We need the answer fast if you’re heading “home.” I see I’m not the only person who had this same question. And given that \*\*Skald \*\*has not yet returned to the thread to answer…well, I guess that’s our answer. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/36 "2015-03-27T21:35:56Z")
> [@jayrey](#): > > Now, more importantly, you take care of yourself, **Skald** , and get better immediately. That’s an order! Who else can Athena count on if you’re laid up? :dubious: I’m pretty sure Athena counts on Athena - what more could she possibly need? Devotees are neat and all, but hardly necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/37 "2015-03-27T21:40:27Z")
> [@jayrey](#): > > ooh, ooh! I call dibs on jenny mccarthy! She’s mine, i tell you. How about tied between two horses and ripped apart? Too easy a death, you say? What about partially hung and then drawn and quartered while still alive. After being rubbed with honey and staked out over a nest of fire ants. Pleeease? Don’t let someone else have all the fun. DEATH BY VACCINATION!obligatory don’t you decapitalize this message ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/38 "2015-03-27T21:41:14Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I’m pretty sure Athena counts on Athena - what more could she possibly need? Devotees are neat and all, but hardly necessary. Graeco-Roman gods are ridiculous in their ineffectual neediness. Athena ought to be worshipping Skald (RIP). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/39 "2015-03-27T21:56:01Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > Yeah! I was very conflicted. I like **Skald** and wish him well, but if he’s got plans to have Jenny McCarthy assassinated after he dies… what outcome do you root for there? Obviously I can’t have the McCarthy beast KILLED. Rhymer rule 7 prohibits harming women, as you well know. But smiting needn’t involve physical harm. You can do marvelous things with jello. More seriously, I’m home but not strong. I can walk about five meters without falling down. But I feel much better now than this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019/40 "2015-03-27T21:57:57Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Obviously I can’t have the McCarthy beast KILLED. Rhymer rule 7 prohibits harming women, as you well know. But smiting needn’t involve physical harm. You can do marvelous things with jello. (in blighted cocktail-hour state, imagines waterboarding Thorin Oakenshield with half-set jello) (doesn’t entirely object to the idea) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-am-back-in-the-hospital-again/716019.md?page=3)