Conspicuous ConsumptionHave you ever been photographed sat on a balcony eating a croissant; or wallowed in luxury just for the sake of it? What's the most ostentatious thing you ever seen or done?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 13:18)
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After all that unpleasantness in the early twenties I took a job in lovely sanatorium, high in the Swiss Alps.It was a charming place, with exquisite views, wonderful food, and some of the most attractive nurses I've ever had under me.
After a few years I began to get homesick, and with the growing shadow of fascism threatening all of Europe I handed in my notice, and prepared to leave.
On my last day at work a patient presented with a chronic cough, blood-tinged sputum, fever, and night sweats. He had previously worked as a blacksmith, but had wasted away to only eight and a half stone.
It was the most conspicuous case of consumption, or tuberculosis, that I had ever seen.
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Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 9:56,
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Ah, a man who knows when he's had enough ;-)(, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 14:14, closed)
Clickfor bullshitting so explicitly that the first line gave away the fact that there was a pun just around the corner.
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