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AIBU?

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What have you always wanted to know?

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PurleaseSqueeze · 19/04/2021 16:49

I was wondering today whether GPs see other GPs if they are ill? Can anyone tell me? I'm assuming yes as they wouldn't be allowed to prescribe medications for themselves?

What other random things have you always wondered/wanted to know?

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CuriousaboutSamphire · 19/04/2021 16:52

Why SILs DM introduced my husband to the priest who was going to be officiating at her (SILs) wedding "And here is XX, the brother she should be marrying"

Nobody said a bloody word, my jaw dropped, the priest blushed!!!

But that's probably not the kind of thing you meant Grin

sparepantsandtoothbrush · 19/04/2021 17:22

What happens to second class post? Is it separated from the first class post and then just sits there for an extra day waiting to be sorted and posted?

PurleaseSqueeze · 19/04/2021 17:27

Okay so we just need a GP, postman/woman and @CuriousaboutSamphire 's SILS DM to join the thread to answer our questions and we can rest easy 🤣

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OldEvilOwl · 19/04/2021 17:28

How to hot wire a car in case we get a zombie apocalypse

Missfelipe · 19/04/2021 17:30

Not a GP but I know that doctors are prohibited from prescribing for themselves and people with whom they have a close personal relationship unless in an emergency. So I presume they do need to see another doctor if they need something.

Winterfellismyhome · 19/04/2021 17:31

When singers record music videos, do they sing or lip sync

PurleaseSqueeze · 19/04/2021 17:34

@Missfelipe

Not a GP but I know that doctors are prohibited from prescribing for themselves and people with whom they have a close personal relationship unless in an emergency. So I presume they do need to see another doctor if they need something.
Thank you! That makes sense Smile

I wonder what would happen if you were a GP who saw another GP and you disagreed with their diagnosis 🤔

An ex of mine from years ago was at the same school his mum taught at. I can't remember now whether I ever asked him but I wonder now in that situation, would the child have to call them Miss X or could they say Mum? I'd find it really weird having my Mum as my teacher I think.

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Sleepisoverrated150 · 19/04/2021 17:35

Always wanted to know the post one!

emmathedilemma · 19/04/2021 17:39

How does the snowplough driver get to work when it snows?

Frazzledd · 19/04/2021 17:40

How she works out 'which door leads to the castle/which door leads to boom boom boom boom certain death.....!' in Labyrinth.....I thought I had it this weekend, tried to explain it to DH and apparently I don't....

potter5 · 19/04/2021 17:41

Rules of rugby.

PurleaseSqueeze · 19/04/2021 17:41

Talking of films, why don't they use the eagles to fly to Mordor in LOTR?

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iklboo · 19/04/2021 17:42

@potter5 - Rugby Union or Rugby League? They're totally different Grin

Frazzledd · 19/04/2021 17:44

@PurleaseSqueeze

Talking of films, why don't they use the eagles to fly to Mordor in LOTR?
Ooo, nice question...I'm thinking the eye would've seen them coming....?
emmathedilemma · 19/04/2021 17:45

@potter5

Rules of rugby.
Pass it backwards, kick it forwards. Kick it over the cross bar = drop goal = 3 points. May also be awarded as a penalty. "touchdown" over the line = try = 5 points Kick it over the cross bar following a try = conversion = 2 points The rest is just wrestling I think.
WhereismyHeathcliff · 19/04/2021 17:46

When you give birth how quickly does your cervix close back to normal...it can take hours to dilate so does it take the same amount of time?
Any midwives on here know the answer?

Winterfellismyhome · 19/04/2021 17:49

@PurleaseSqueeze

  1. Saurons forces would have seen them, they're massive.
  1. They arent the slaves of humans. They want humans to do things themselves
  1. The best way was stealth
  1. The eagles were powerful, the ring could have corrupted them
Merryoldgoat · 19/04/2021 17:58

I read a funny article about your opening question.

A doctor was married to a doctor. One was pregnant and developed severe abdominal pain and thought it was appendicitis. Her Dr husband agreed and they called a different GP at the practice who wasn’t sure but decided on balance that two GPS were probably not wrong so referred to surgeon didn’t question the judgment and removed her perfectly healthy appendix.

So they do seek advice but I expect they aren’t questioned much beyond their own opinions of their diagnosis.

This is pure conjecture.

PurleaseSqueeze · 19/04/2021 17:58

[quote Winterfellismyhome]@PurleaseSqueeze

  1. Saurons forces would have seen them, they're massive.
  1. They arent the slaves of humans. They want humans to do things themselves
  1. The best way was stealth
  1. The eagles were powerful, the ring could have corrupted them[/quote]
Thank you!! 😁
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PurleaseSqueeze · 19/04/2021 18:00

Also how on earth cameras work. You can click a button and see a moment in time exactly as it was. Fascinating.

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JustDanceAddict · 19/04/2021 18:02

I think GPs have to register at a different practice to their own.

MyOtherProfile · 19/04/2021 18:07

An ex of mine from years ago was at the same school his mum taught at. I can't remember now whether I ever asked him but I wonder now in that situation, would the child have to call them Miss X or could they say Mum?

I've taught colleagues children more than once. They had to call their parents Mr or Mrs in school.

playeddepaler · 19/04/2021 18:13

@Winterfellismyhome they lip sync

Advic3Pl3as3 · 19/04/2021 18:16
  1. How do women with really long fingernails put in/take out their tampons? Don’t the long nails make it really awkward?
  1. If you’re injured/unwell and unconscious and you wear contact lenses do the A&E check whether you’ve got lenses in and take them out?
Blerg · 19/04/2021 18:37

Is there a height of tower above which you don’t get bugs / creature infestations - ants, cockroaches, mice etc?

Like you get ants attacking your bin on floor 12, but not above floor 42.

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