A man flops down on a subway seat next to a priest. The man's tie is stained, his face is smeared with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin is sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opens a newspaper and begins reading.
After a few minutes the guy turns to the priest and asks, 'Say, Father, what causes arthritis?' Loose living; cheap, wicked woman; too much alcohol; and contempt for your fellow man, 'answers the priest.' I'll be damned, 'the drunk mutters, returning to his paper.
The priest, thinking about what he said, nudges the man and apologises.' I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to be so harsh. How long have you had arthritis?'
'Oh, I don't have it, Father. But it says here that the Pope does.'
I thought this was funny. I'm a christian and all and nothing against the pope. I thought some of you could use the laugh.
Funny. but I swear some people think that way--like we have done something bad to earn this disease. What's worse is when I feel that way.
I know I didn't earn it. It just happened. Well, the stress didn't help.
Really people think we done something bad to get this. I haven't ran into them yet.
I do know people some times think you are faking pain. But I just try to keep my head up and realize they just don't understand.
I hope I didn't upset anyone about the joke. It just made me laugh and I thought it might someone else.
I try to keep my sense of humor. People that knows me that when I'm not joking around then it is a bad day.
My 16 yr old know me pretty well now. She is really great through every thing she has gone through with me.
No, the joke is funny and I'm glad you shared it. But I have found that people have treated me that way. It is their way of explaining why something this bad could happen to me. Some how it must be my fault. Otherwise, hey, it might could happen to them. It's part of their fear. But I find that very irritating. Just accept that I have this disease. I'm not physically the same, but otherwise, I'm still me.I understand you on that.
When I had my head injury people look at me like I'm dumb or some thing. I don't realize some of the things I do or say is not aproperate my daughter will say mom you shouldn't do that or say that. I don't realize it is wrong. NOt all the time.
Your right people need to be more educated. They call my head injury the silient disablitie because I look find I just don't have good control of my ______ I can't thing of the word.
People do need to be educated about dieases and things. I never understood this stuff or cared to until it happen to me.
God has open my eyes to a lot of thing and I have more compassion now. SO that is a good thing for me.
I loved the joke. Anytime I can laugh it reminds me that life is worth livingI think I appreciate it because it's the way I tend to think about this disease. What did I do to give this to myself? Do I drink too much alcohol? Is it because I need to lose 15 pounds? Because I haven't exercised enough in my lifetime?
I know, in my head, that none of that is true, but I can't help the self-blame. I guess thinking I caused the problem gives me hope that I can also fix it if I just do the right things. Crazy, I know.
And of course, wa-a-ay off-topic. Thanks for the laugh!