https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/3533/christmas-stories Hi, I write the Crosswords column in Veterinary Practice magazine. For the December issue I was thinking of doing a round up of in-practice stories from Christmas on-call duties. Anything with a seasonal flavour reflecting the joys / misery of veterinaryen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/8659?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:09:09 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:39dfff8e-f0ac-4211-a528-71c08194016dNiall Taylor<p>One Christmas day I was on duty in my first job, in Cornwall.&nbsp; I got a call from a farmer whose family&nbsp;were notoriously dour, chapel types who normally disapproved heartily of anyone working on a Sunday but had obviously decided that working on Christmas was ok.</p> <p>They had a cow that needed cleansing, hardly an emergency at the best of times particularly since, when asked,&nbsp;they reported that the cow was showing no signs of ill health.&nbsp; They insisted on a visit nevertheless and I trotted along.&nbsp; When I got there I was duly presented with the cow but to my surprise there was no cleansing visible.&nbsp; When I pointed this out to the farmer he became even more morose and, gesticulating towards the cow in question,&nbsp;insisted there was indeed cleansing hanging from her which was annoying him by flapping in his face at milking and suggested that only an idiot could fail to notice it.</p> <p>I moved closer and peered in the general area and finally, bending down, I was able to spot the tiny 12 inch long string of material the farmer was referring to, not hanging from the vulva, but stuck to the back of the udder!&nbsp; With a poorly concealed sneer I plucked the offending material from the skin and presented it to the farmer who muttered something under his breath, probably about &quot;youngsters these days&quot; and wandered off without a word of thanks.&nbsp; Staggering!</p> <p>Hope that helps, </p> <p>Niall</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/8655?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:43:29 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:169c6f17-039e-4f9a-9806-5a60c57471e5Toby Birch<p>Far too early for Christmas, but tonight I have seen 1 skeleton, 1 roman centurion and 1 devil. The demonic father christmas got changed before coming to the clinic!!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/8644?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:51:59 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:4d5654e9-0bfe-4bef-aa9b-21cc63483bf9Gareth C.<p>I know, it should be a criminal oofence to mention the &quot;C&quot; word in October, but I can lay the blame with publishing deadlines.&nbsp;&nbsp; I did have a client who asked me to call on her mobile about her dog (an inpatient) &nbsp;last week as she was out Christmas shopping!&nbsp; Sorry, used that word again.&nbsp; </p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/8643?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:42:36 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:cf3cfb30-ed92-4abd-b61a-ef82747317d9Clive Ansell<p>It is only the 1st of November tomorrow, far too early to be thinking of christmas for me - I can&#39;t stand it, overrated, overhyped, and over commercialised.</p> <p>Bah humbug <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/new/icon_mad.png" alt="Angry" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>