Victim Goes To Work With Bullet In Head
By Wyatt Earp | December 19, 2008
Wow, that’s hardcore.
Of course now I really feel like a puss-aah when I call out with “the sniffles.” This will necessitate escalation, so my next sick excuse will be, “I stepped on a landmine in my front yard.”
This geezer is ruining sick days for the rest of us!
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – A man who was hit by a stray bullet in the back of the head is back at work — with the slug still stuck in his skull. E.T. Strickland, 74, a commercial real estate seller, said the bullet hurts, but not enough to keep him from his job.
The bullet hurts? YA THINK?!!
Strickland was told by his doctors not to have the bullet removed unless it was pressing on any arteries or causing health problems. He does plan to see a neurosurgeon though because he wants it taken out if possible.
Police said Strickland was hit by a bullet Tuesday night from an attempted robbery outside a Walgreens store. A second person was also shot, several times, as he was leaving the store. Police said that person was listed in stable condition Wednesday. ()
Let’s try some role play, shall we? I’ll go first. If I were in Strickland’s shoes, the first three things I would do are . . .
1. Call out sick from work. For the next 365 days.
2. Buy and always wear a Kevlar helmet.
3. Brag to the babes how tough I am in the hopes of landing a hot 20-year old.
Okay, who’s next?
Topics: The Job |
December 19th, 2008 at 7:49 am
*gigglesnort*
December 19th, 2008 at 8:30 am
I’m pretty sure that bullet in the head would cause “health problems”… but I’m no doctor.
December 19th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Real estate in Florida will kill ya.
December 19th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Okay Wyatt,
Even Rachel Wood I can understand, heh, heh, stand–but the beach babe with the tramp stamp? Where’d you find her, Skanks R Us?
December 19th, 2008 at 10:13 am
He might be a great grandson or great nephew of Teddy Roosevelt? Roosevelt who after being shot giving a speech off the back of a train (the bible in his breast pocket slowed it enough that it only penetrated 1 1/2 inches into his chest) continued to speak for the next hour, after the gunman was subdued.
Yup wyatt, thats hardcore.
December 19th, 2008 at 10:20 am
And think of what it does for him too; “Your work is not up to par.” “I’ve got a bullet in my head.”
December 19th, 2008 at 11:24 am
And you were whining after your little surgery!
December 19th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Number 3 on your list is likely to require you to wear that helmet if Mrs. Wyatt reads this.
December 19th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Bullet in the head? Pshaw! I was working while in labor! Of course they made me leave and go to the hospital when the contractions were 3 minutes apart.