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Teaching at a Gold Coast school, one time I took my Year 6 class outside to study erosion in the school grounds. The students formed small groups to carry out their observations, but within minutes a frantic lad ran back to me and said a boy in his group had cut his leg on a rock.
I went over to the stricken boy to find him groaning loudly. He had a gaping wound below his knee but I was even more concerned when he started screaming, “My hand, my hand!” Terrified that this injury might be even worse, I asked, “What’s wrong with your hand?”
“You’re standing on it!” he shot back.
Murray Leak, Banora Point, NSW
You know you’re under stress at work when you take your job home with you.
After a hectic day manning a supermarket checkout counter, I came home absolutely exhausted and went to bed early.
But I woke up in the middle of the night. In my work-related stupor,
I looked at the digital clock and thought, “Oh, $1.50.”
Janelle Hopson
The lift at the building where I work carries the usual warning sign: “In case of fire do not use lift.” Scrawled in pen beneath it is this addendum: “Use water.”
David Moore
What should I do?” yelled a panicked client as she ran into our vet’s surgery carrying a plump little Staffordshire terrier. “My dog just ate two bags of unpopped popcorn!”
Clearly not as alarmed as the pet owner, the receptionist responded coolly, “Well, the first thing I’d do is keep him out of the sun.”
Brenda Shipley
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