Comments on: Only A Heartbeat Away

By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Andy @ Yellow Swordfish — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:54:50 +0000

@Jeni: I suspect this will become a common stance…

By: Jeni

Jeni — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:37:20 +0000

Well this made me think exactly the same thing as your closing statement. I want to swap my donor card for one of the other ones now.
Daphne’s comment ‘…people not being dead enough…’ only compounds this thought.

By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Andy @ Yellow Swordfish — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:45:40 +0000

@Daphne: … just like everything else!

By: Daphne

Daphne — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:44:36 +0000

I used to carry a donor card for years. You can tell how long ago it was because on the back I’d written “If I’m involved in any major accident I don’t want Mrs Thatcher or any other politician turning up at my bedside to make political capital out of it”. But then a few horror stories from doctors I’d worked with about people not being dead enough when they had their organs removed, rather put me off the whole thing. I think you’re entirely right: we can trust the government to get it entirely wrong.

Daphnes last blog post..Allsorts

By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish

Andy @ Yellow Swordfish — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:03:29 +0000

@Malc: Yep – think you’ve got that about right.

By: Malc

Malc — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:58:43 +0000

It’s a shame, but I can no longer accept anything this government says without thinking “and how will they fuck this up ?”

Have you heard of the “Turdis Touch” – it’s similar to the “Midas’ Touch”, except instead for everything you touch turning to gold, it has a rather different effect !