Powerful Tomatoes Leave More Than 20 Dead - Part II May 11, 2008
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There is so much tragedy in the world. Tornadoes. Cyclones. Tsunamis. Earthquakes. Fires. Floods. Wars. This is the recent sad story in Picher, OK. The town is already being closed down, torn down and residents relocated because of toxic chemicals there. But, the tornado Saturday night destroyed more homes and killed more people. Were there always so many Tornadoes. Cyclones. Tsunamis. Earthquakes. Fires. Floods. Wars? Here’s a short article about how to stay alive if you’re in your car when a tornado hits. The main idea is, “it’s best to get out and dive into a ditch.“.
I told my friend about my last entry, “Weird Medical News - Powerful Tomatoes Leave More Than 20 Dead” and we fell into our usual banter.
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she - “There should be tomato warnings.”
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me - “There should be weekly tomato drills.”
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Then, she told me that she almost told someone last week that she had to get off the computer because of tomato warnings. I said, “You said TOMATO warnings?” and she said yes.
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That was funny, interesting. We both thought TOMATO when thinking about TORNADOS. She had used it as a joke before the tornados hit. I thought it as a misread of headlines after they hit.
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It puts a totally different spin on the news if you use the wrong word.
“Tomatoes touch down in several NC Piedmont communities”
“Tomatoes push three 18-wheelers off I-40″
“Tomatoes snap trees in half and tip airplanes on their wing at GSO airport.”
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Does this sort of thing happen to other people? Do you switch words when you read or exchange words when talking? We do it all the time in the normal music of conversation (playing riffs on similar words).
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I’m talking to that friend now. She just pointed out that we’re using malapropisms.
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A malapropism is the incorrect use of a word by substituting a similar-sounding word with different meaning, usually with comic effect.
I just read this post to the friend mentioned in it, and she laughed and said, “It’s a malapriapism.” You’ll have to look up the definition to that one. (hint: It’s a made up word, but priapism is a word.)
[UPDATE 0045 May 12, 2008 I just talked with a family member and read her this post. She pointed out that malapropism usually refers to people mixing up words without meaning to. Our word exchanges are intentional, playing on the similar sound yet different meaning.]
Weird Medical Stuff - Powerful Tomatoes Leave More Than 20 Dead May 11, 2008
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NOTE: By ‘Weird” I mean simply “interesting”, “unusual”, “unexpected”, “out of the ordinary”, “outside the normal expectations” … you get the idea. I am in no way making a pejorative comment about anything or anyone in the health care professions. (See “Weird Duck“).
Weird Brain Stuff
I glanced at this headline:
Powerful Tornadoes Leave More Than 20 Dead
And, read it as:
Powerful Tomatoes Leave More Than 20 Dead
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A woman who can’t forget anything:
Jill Price’s book details what it’s like to carry around decades of highly detailed memories about her daily life.
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Health Risks by Profession
Jobs at Risk For Disease
(from AOL Health)Professional firefighters have higher-than-average risk of contracting colon and brain cancer, a study by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health found. Evidence also indicated that firefighers may be more susceptible to bladder and kidney cancers, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
A separate Australian study recently revealed that health and community workers — including doctors, nurses and social workers — were twice as likely to suffer from cardiovascular conditions such as heart disease and stroke. The study was based on data tracking 4,000 people between the ages of 45 and 65.
Restaurant workers were twice as likely than the average worker to get bronchitis as well as musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and endocrine conditions such as diabetes, the Australian study found.
Retail workers faced higher rates of musculoskeletal conditions, such as shoulder or ankle injuries.
The Australian study also found that office workers were less likely to suffer from cancer. Workers in other industries including education, transportation, construction and agriculture did not show significantly higher rates of chronic illness. Sources: theage.com.au, Reuters
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Suicidal Doctors
Know-How Raises Suicide Risk for Doctors
By LINDSEY TANNER,
AP
Posted: 2008-05-10 00:09:45
Filed Under: Health News
CHICAGO (May- There’s a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. An estimated 300 to 400 U.S. doctors kill themselves each year - a suicide rate thought to be higher than in the general population, although exact figures are hard to come by.
Some doctors believe the stigma of mental illness is magnified in a profession that prides itself on stoicism and bravado. Many fear admitting psychiatric problems could be fatal to their careers, so they suffer in silence.
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