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11. Don't really care for this piece, for one the assumption that nurses are all women

Reply to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 02:02 PM

Feb 2014

My father in law is a nurse. As is my mother in law.

They're also not nearly as callous as this guy describes them. They do enjoy gross humor, but who doesn't?

Anyhow, this peddles more misinformed steretypes than it debunks, just my opinion.

Maybe the humor just doesn't touch my funny bone.

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I have to say as I have had justhanginon Feb 2014 #10

Don't really care for this piece, for one the assumption that nurses are all women geek tragedy Feb 2014 #11

I think it is a generational thing to this piece ... old school nurses vs. new Nurses Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #12

maybe. it seems the nurses here like the piece, so maybe it's like lawyer jokes geek tragedy Feb 2014 #13

yes. as a Nurse I found this hilarious and spot on funny but, I can see where others Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #14

That's actually an excellent point ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #15

is the naughty nurse fetish even a thing anymore? i would think with television geek tragedy Feb 2014 #16

Yeah ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #17

didn't pick up on the residents doing nurse work--that's a big hardy har. geek tragedy Feb 2014 #18