Irony ^2 -- My A** In A Sling
Wed, 01/28/2009 - 23:54 | 
GreyHawk
...my "arm" in a sling.
Fell on the ice while clearing the driveway of ice/snow/slush...injured the elbow.
Appears to be a bone bruise and nothing more, but the radiologist will let us know for certain tomorrow. (Yeah, I'm not a complete fool -- we had it x-rayed.)
Anywho -- irony of ironies, nested:
1. I fall on the ice while out clearing the ice so that nobody will fall on it and get injured.
2. The doctor said I might want to ice my elbow to help alleviate pain and prevent swelling...from the ice-related injury it sustained.
I think I should go to bed now, and hope that "Blessed Irony" has finished attempting to make her presence known.
;)
I originally wrote this as an email to a friend, but thought it was a good enough example of living irony to share.
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Clearly you deserved it
Submitted by carol white on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 09:22.How could you do such a thing? Clean your driveway. Outrageous!
True -- and tho duly chastened, I cannot help
Submitted by GreyHawk on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 10:08.thinking that Wifey will continue to think that ice & snow covered driveways must be cleared, regardless of the inherent danger and oblivious -- or perhaps in spite of? -- any perceived threat to the health and well-being of her hard working, beset-upon hubby with a wounded wing...
~sigh~
...the trials and tribulations of maintaining an anthropomorphic virtual existence continues.
question
Submitted by susie dow on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 00:23.Did you have ice cream to make up for your troubles?
No ice cream, but I did get chocolate cake.
Submitted by GreyHawk on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 00:31.Home-made.
By Wifey.
...it wasn't for me, per se: today is Mumsie's birthday. She would have wanted us to have chocolate cake in her honor. We skipped out on the ice cream, but the cake was delicious. :)
So, is the above an example of nested recursion...?
Submitted by GreyHawk on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 00:07.Should we page Hari Seldon any time soon?
reiterative recursion?
Submitted by luaptifer on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 00:25.recursive reiteration? recursive nesting...good night, glad it didn't whack your keyboarding elbows ;-)
I think that part of my elbows has built up a protective callous
Submitted by GreyHawk on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 00:32.that acts like a shield against injury. :)