[ILUG] Floppy problems

[Daniel Goldsmith]

On Apr 6, 2005 2:20 PM, Gareth Eason <bigbro at skynet.ie> wrote:

>         Oooo! Oooooo! Does the machine go 'ping' periodically (networking pun
> intended!) ;-)
> 
>         BTW, for anyone who has the experience of attending someone while
> giving birth, do not point at the machine that the midwife and doctor
> have just wheeled into the delivery room and say (rather too loudly)
> that "That's the most exensive machine in the whole hospital." While the
> mother may find it amusing (being already high on gas) doctors and
> midwives have, IME, no sense of Monty Python humour and will just give
> you a funny look...

Bizarrely enough, when I asked a midwife if they get the above said a lot, 
they said that they do, all too often, hence any perceived lack of humour.
Said python sketch is allegedly used (in some places) as a model of the type
of old-fashioned delivery modern facilities try to steer far away from.

2c.

regards,

Daniel.