1) The skit blames a virus, not a mosquito
2) Was the tiger 11 foot long with razor sharp teeth?

Meaning of Life: Killing Each Other (new window)

Uhh,... I think I'd better come clean with you about this. It's, um,-- it's not a virus, I'm afraid. You see, a virus is what we doctors call very, very small. So small, it could not possibly have made off with a whole leg. What we're looking for here is, I think,-- And this is no more than an educated guess. I'd like to make that clear. ...Is some multi-cellular life form with stripes, huge razor-sharp teeth, about eleven foot long, and of the genus Felis Horribilis: what we doctors, in fact, call a 'tiger'.

"A tiger, in Africa?"

You'd be surprised at a man with a third leg giving it away.

This is why it's bad to drink alone.

Seriously, great story.

'Cause we haven't all heard that one.
"I got this bionic leg out in my trunk man, it's completely legit. I'll hook it up for a beer."

So, it'll grow back then?

Pull the other one, it's got bells on.

"Mr Huckvale had his leg amputated when he was 29 after a benign tumour was removed.'

Somehow that doesn't sound too "benign".

He didn't leave the pub legless.

See... drinking can solve problems!

CravenMorehead: "A tiger, in Africa?"

It's more likely than you think.

Thank goodness for science. =]

Bionic?
Sweet. Soon we can all be like her:

She's my idol!

I blame Zulus

crazypeltast52: I blame Zulus

I like the Tutsis myself. They're the only group with a rolled candy named after them.

/got nothin'

kbarham: crazypeltast52: I blame Zulus

I like the Tutsis myself. They're the only group with a rolled candy named after them.

/got nothin'

ahh but you forget about the Ho-hos of Mongolia

Talk about a shoehorned reference.

-1, Subby.

holiday_inn_in_cambodia: kbarham: crazypeltast52: I blame Zulus

I like the Tutsis myself. They're the only group with a rolled candy named after them.

/got nothin'

ahh but you forget about the Ho-hos of Mongolia

Ho-Hos are, in fact, a snack and not a candy.

What?
No HERO tag?

So this is the great promise of socialized medicine? Hoping for a chance encounter in a pub to receive treatment?

/if the US healthcare system is broken, I pity the day Government "fixes" it.

HaywoodJablonski: 1) The skit blames a virus, not a mosquito
2) Was the tiger 11 foot long with razor sharp teeth?

Actually it started out implying it was a mosquito that had eaten through the mosquito net then later the doctor said it was a virus.

/how many people picked up on the fact that tigers are NOT from Africa?
//Asia is where tigers are from and the only ones you'd find in Africa would indeed be in a zoo.

Renegade Pancake: Talk about a shoehorned reference.

-1, Subby.

I read the story 3 times trying to figure out what the headline was talking about.

Still don't get the reference.

I agree with Dellirium. The guy apparently gave the guy a £40,000 leg for free. He just ate a £40,000 for a complete stranger, and his thought is? He's pleased to have been able to help. The guy deserves praise!

OH, A leg!

Botched headline, good story. I'd say he needs to keep buying those lottery tickets while this lucky streak is going.


/+0.5

Search the thicket!

Cravenmorehead
It must have escaped from the zoo.

Miss Smartass: Bionic?
Sweet. Soon we can all be like her:

She's my idol!

I swoon!

/swoon, swoon

simian04: Miss Smartass: Bionic?
Sweet. Soon we can all be like her:

She's my idol!

I swoon!

/swoon, swoon

At me or Motoko?

trentrockport: So this is the great promise of socialized medicine? Hoping for a chance encounter in a pub to receive treatment?

/if the US healthcare system is broken, I pity the day Government "fixes" it.

Yes. Of all things, THAT is the lesson to walk away from this story with.

The hell is wrong with you?

CravenMorehead: "A tiger, in Africa?"

Only in Kenya?

HaywoodJablonski: 1) The skit blames a virus, not a mosquito
2) Was the tiger 11 foot long with razor sharp teeth?

pelicanman: "Mr Huckvale had his leg amputated when he was 29 after a benign tumour was removed.'

Somehow that doesn't sound too "benign".
Benign just means it wasn't going to kill him, it may have still ruined his leg

So this man walks out of a bar...

xria: Only in Kenya?

Forget Norway.

DosMas:
Forget Norway.

done and done.

Miss Smartass: simian04: Miss Smartass: Bionic?
Sweet. Soon we can all be like her:

She's my idol!

I swoon!

/swoon, swoon

At me or Motoko?

At Motoko for being there and at you for posting. Hence the '/swoon, swoon'

FTA: Mr Huckvale had his leg amputated when he was 29 after a benign tumour was removed.

A tumor that causes you to lose a leg doesn't sound all that benign to me.

simian04: Miss Smartass: simian04: Miss Smartass: Bionic?
Sweet. Soon we can all be like her:

She's my idol!

I swoon!

/swoon, swoon

At me or Motoko?

At Motoko for being there and at you for posting. Hence the '/swoon, swoon'

=]
I feel special now.

So the mosquito/tiger thing a Monty Python reference?

+infinity to this guy!

I have a non-bionic $15k lower leg, so I'm gettinga kick...

Could have been a TIGER MOSQUITO:

Gyrfalcon: Could have been a TIGER MOSQUITO:

Doesn't look 11 feet long to me.

Miss Smartass: simian04: Miss Smartass: simian04: Miss Smartass: Bionic?
Sweet. Soon we can all be like her:

She's my idol!

I swoon!

/swoon, swoon

At me or Motoko?

At Motoko for being there and at you for posting. Hence the '/swoon, swoon'

=]
I feel special now.

Mission accomplished. My work is done here. :)

He'll be better Doc, as soon as he is able.

Doesn't get any better than this. Free legs!

That is nigh incomprehensible. How does someone have a spare bionic leg lying around AND is willing to give it away for free?

/awesome story

So, wait. He just, gave the guy the $40,000 leg for free? He didn't get sex out of it or anything? He just gave the guy the leg? That kind of generosity still happens? I'm confused?