observer Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 According to health "experts", the old English tradition of the "stiff upper lip" can increase the risk of cancer - so it appears the younger generation are OK then? Ooops, forgot the obesity epidemic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 According to health "experts", the old English tradition of the "stiff upper lip" can increase the risk of cancer - so it appears the younger generation are OK then? Ooops, forgot the obesity epidemic! Are you OK if you have a slack bottom lip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Listen to these experts and almost everything you do/enjoy can cause cancer. Best to ignore them and enjoy your life. It's to short to worry about everything you do and eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Are you OK if you have a slack bottom lip. Ooops....! My mind was so quick that I missed the last word, lip, and was going to ask you if you had a saggy bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Ooops....! My mind was so quick that I missed the last word, lip, and was going to ask you if you had a saggy bottom. That's for me to know and you to find out!. Anyway I'll have you know saggy bottom's don't run in our family! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 "bottoms" and "lips"? This is getting rather mucky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 "bottoms" and "lips"? This is getting rather mucky! Rather unlike you obs to become embroiled in the murkey world of innuendos!, :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Are you OK if you have a slack bottom lip. Edit for more relevance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Innuendo.. wasn't he chinese or was he japanese? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I agree with Cleo, enjoy your life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I mustn't be too stoic then because I've just spent the whole day at Halton hospital having a dodgy bit of my left ear cut off just in case. When it was all done, the nurse apologized saying “That was a long wait for something so small” To which I replied “That’s what the wife always says!” Bill PS Gota go now, got the oddest urge to paint sunflowers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 The TV news put a slightly different spin on this story tonight; seems we Brits (the stoical ones anyway) won't trouble our Doctor with minor problems (don't want to waste his time etc) - which means many early symptoms of cancer arn't identified till it's too late - which seems a more rational explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 That is more likely Obs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I suppose I do fit into that category then because I’d had the lump on my ear for over a year and only mentioned it to the doctor while I was there for another reason. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 It the British don't like to bother their doctor.... How come it's so difficult to get an appointment to see him when you call for one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Which is probably one of the reasons that us "stiff upper lip types" tend to only see the doctor when drastic surgery is needed or something has swelled up to the size of a melon and started turning a strange colour. Although just a mere stripling of a lad, I have got to the stage that various parts of my body have either 1) started to twinge at the most unexpected times, such as knees when walking downstairs. 2) Going numb at the most inconvenient times, like lower legs after kneeling for five minutes. 3 ) stopped working altogether, like brains er yeah brains Any time I have mentioned such symptoms to my doctor on the rare occasions that I do visit him/her I am told you are getting old.(last time I called my doctors I asked to see the doctor. the receptionist said which doctor. I replied if that is the only type available then fine ) Mrs sid is a bit like that when it comes to anything medical about her she does not want to know as such. If it is something to do with me, even hiccups, she is wanting to get the ambulance out. (not quite worked out if she is genuinely worried about my health or hoping I will peg out so she can collect the life insurance) PS Gota go now, got the oddest urge to paint sunflowers changing your name to bill van hire then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 It the British don't like to bother their doctor.... How come it's so difficult to get an appointment to see him when you call for one? Too many people, not enough Doctors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Must be short of Doctors, as the proportion of reluctant patients in the UK is around 1 in 3, as against 1 in 10 in most other EU countries. Ooops forgot, maybe the Poles et all, are making up the difference?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 On a slight tangent to this topic. Had a letter today from some place called life line screening. Mrs Sid thought it was from my doctor or maybe the hospital to make an appointment for some sort of test. It turned out it was from some place that was offering to give me a full top to toe screening to help prevent or spot any signs of several heart problems. there were four test shown all priced at £70.00 each but if i called today i could get all four for the bargain price of £149.00. alternatively I could go and see my doctor and ask him if he could send me for the test if he thought it was necessary at no cost to me apart from what I pay towards the NHS service. The other thing is that with going to the doctor I could at least have the knowledge that the people I had been tested by were professionals and knew what they were on about when it comes to diagnosis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I got one of those today too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Obs, with all the moaning and jabbering you do on here, stoic is not the first word that comes to mind, when thinking of you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Same could be said of a few others too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 True, But know one else has hinting at being so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 You'll be pleased to know Kije, that I have no such thoughts about you - I simply don't think about you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 lmfao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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