[Magdalen] A prayer, please

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Hi, Arthur!

An urban legend.

A person (in this case, let it be a guy-person) goes to some big city for a
good time, a vacation or a need to let off steam. He looks up with a
gorgeous woman, and they have a glorious time, and drinks flow freely ...
He awakens with a bit of a pain, sitting in a bath tub in a hotel room.
He's a big groggy. He finds a large bandage around his midsection. Next to
the tub he finds a note:
"Call ambulance immediately
Get to hospital"

At the hospital, they discover that both of his kidneys have been removed.
In more civilized versions, it is just one kidney gone.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 11:39 PM, Arthur Laurent <ALaurent at npr.org> wrote:

> Hi, James. I'm glad to admit that I have no idea what you're talking about
> (some movie reference, perhaps.)...
>
> I've never been in a hospital for an overnight stay, and rarely in a
> hotel. And I know the stories behind each of my scars.
>
> Here I was, thinking I was "normal"... And all of a sudden, NOT.
>
> Arthur
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Aug 30, 2015, at 10:12 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I don't suppose you have any memory of awakening in a bath tub, filled
> with
> > ice, in some hotel room....
>