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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:34 PM
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Would you go to a bar wearing crutches or wearing some form of
healing apparatus?

But I specify crutches specifically...
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:36 PM
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1. Why wouldn't I?
I might be less inclined to go out in general because of the discomfort, but I wouldn't let it stop me if I wanted to go.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:37 PM
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2. It depends
If I were planning to go and had injured myself (necessitating the crutches) then yes. If I always had crutches then definately. But, if I broke my leg, necessiating crutches, I wouldn't go to a bar just to go. I also wouldn't go if the idea were to dance, as opposed to play darts or pick up men.
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:37 PM
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3. I went to a Todd Rundgren concert
on crutches. I had a great time and didn't even have to wait in line.

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MazeRat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:42 PM
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4. If I had crutches I would not "wear" them, I would "use" them....
That being said... why is this a question ? Would you go to a bar (or anywhere else) without your glasses, contacts, drivers license, clothes, money, etc....? I guess I am missing something here....

MZr7
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:43 PM
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5. When My Leg Was Broken Into Tiny Pieces... I Went Out With The Removable
Cast/brace thingy. Of course that was well after I was on the road to mending.

Why are you asking?
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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:44 PM
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6. It would depend on how drunk I'm planning on getting
Really.
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:46 PM
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7. I went to CHINA on a cane and in a hip to ankle leg brace the day after
I 'tripped' (shaddap GOPisevil) over the dog... I still climbed the great wall of china and lemme tell ya, there really IS something amazing about wheelchair service through major airports. It's like another world, without lines, or barriers... *sigh*
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:50 PM
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8. *cough*
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:51 PM
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9. BTW, congratulate me please. I married yesterday and am now officially
Madame la Comtesse Radwriter055...
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:53 PM
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11. Excellent! Congratulations Madame la Comtesse!
Congratulations on your impending move, as well. :party::toast:
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 08:06 PM
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13. Congratulations....
I'm almost certain there's some inside joke here that I (not being a regular lounge denizen) am niavely missing but I'm offering congrats in a sincere manner....I hope that diminishes some of my embarrassment.
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 08:31 PM
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16. GOPisevil knows what *really* happened with the dog, and then, I turned
down his marriage proposal; the decline which he recovered from a little too quickly.
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 08:35 PM
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21. BTW, GOP, you'll be please to learn that on my wedding day, I managed to
fall down while getting in the car. I wasn't seriously hurt of course.

I was not meant to wear those white trousers on my wedding day it seems, although they looked GREAT with the floral coat. Luckily I had another pair of trousers that worked fine with the ensemble.

Just keeping up traditions of wiping out or otherwise suffering mild calamities before or during big events.

You know I got food poisoning on Air France to Venice IT in February. Barfed my way across the Atlantic, as it were.

*sigh*
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:52 PM
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10. just stay away from coffee shops and children
:evilgrin:
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 07:56 PM
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12. Is this hypothetical?
Or are you hobbling around on crutches?

My answer is, the crutches wouldn't keep me out of the bar! And it would probably be a good conversation starter because everyone will want to know what the hell happened to you.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 08:16 PM
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15. No. It is real. But,
most people stare or stare while pretending to look the other way. (not that I'm not used to that, hehe.)

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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 08:32 PM
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17. What happened? Can I ask?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 08:49 PM
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Please PM me
:-)
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 08:49 PM
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22. Please PM me
:-)
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Canadian Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 08:14 PM
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14. I've never needed crutches, etc.
However, my sister, many many years ago, broke her leg in three places skiing and was in a cast from her toes to her hip. She couldn't reach her foot because of the cast. So, anywhy, we're in a bar, she has her leg up on a chair, and my cousin and I put matches between her toes and lit them. It seemed funny at the time. They threw us out of the bar. Go figure. We would have blown out the matches before they burned her, honest!
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 08:33 PM
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18. I saw the cutest guy at a bar in crutches--good excuse to talk to him!
But I didn't....um, don't ask me why.

I was with my sister that day, and she was like..."why would he come here in crutches, he's probably bumping into people the whole time, it's not like he can dance...."

She did however, agree he was cute.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 08:34 PM
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19. Hell yes, you might get a few rounds for free
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Baclava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 08:35 PM
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20. It worked for Ted Bundy
...so did the arm sling thingie...

Good hunting!
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 09:20 PM
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23. Crutches are GREAT to have in a bar!
If it's crowded, you can get people to move out of your way by whacking them across the ankles with your crutch tips. They don't get mad at you, because they think you're just being clumsy!

Trust me, it works great.

Redstone
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