Blue Wings
I will not dwell long on this one, but have a colleague who spent four years working as an orderly attached to the morgue of a large regional hospital.

Apparently, a proud moment in the early career of these orderlies was the completion of a certain induction rite, at which point they were considered to have earned their "blue wings".

I find it amazing and unpleasant that not only did this allegedly happen on a routine basis, but that the guy actually told me about it. Think about that next time one of your relatives pops their clogs at hospital and the unsavoury prospect of an orderly "slipping one past the goalie" to earn his wings.

Very nasty business.
(Mandrill, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 22:33, 3 replies)

¿que?
they used to impregnate corpses?
(suboftheday, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 23:32, closed)

I'll admit it
I'm dumb, I don't get it, what did they do?
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 5:21, closed)

You have to explain things...
... or your story carries no weight.
(MJPerry was crude but clickable at, Tue 4 Mar 2008, 17:33, closed)