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- From: ssipila@vipunen.hut.fi (Seppo K Sipil{)
- Subject: Re: Spot the looney
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- References: <ssipila.722508416@vipunen.hut.fi> <1992Nov23.145726.10505@ncsu.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 18:35:16 GMT
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- In <1992Nov23.145726.10505@ncsu.edu> kchestn@eos.ncsu.edu (CHESTNUTT) writes:
- >|>
- >|> So, in the early 70's this kind of thing was a Monty Python joke.
- >|> Nowadays, I've heard, you might not be taken into a hospital without
- >|> the proper health insurance (in the USA). Spot the looney! Is it me or
- >|> the Western Civilization (tm)?
- >|>
- >Of course a hospital in the USA will take in people who don't have any
- >money. The hospital will simply remove a major limb such as an arm or leg
- >in place of money. Arms and legs are worth quite a lot in the USA
-
- Oh, I understand, yes...nothing like a handsome arm or leg above the
- mantelpiece, eh?
-
- Seppo
-