Yorkshire Clinic Patient Who Misread Instructions

She’s waiting for an ultra scan
She had to drink some water
To fill her bladder right up,
They told her that she ought to.

She’s really rather well behaved
So did as she was told
Though two litres was an awful lot
To quaff down and to hold.

She’s waiting in the waiting room,
Her bladder fit to burst,
When Nurse came out to give the news
That really was the worst!

“We’re running late, it happens when
An emergency occurs,”
But the nurse just didn’t realise
That emergency was hers.

She’s sitting red faced with crossed legs,
Waiting for her scan,
With a bladder that is over full,
Cursing at the man!

They told her to drink water
At a time that was exact,
Two hours before the ultra scan,
She was happy with that fact.

But now the scan has been delayed,
That’s really not OK,
Because her painful bladder
Means she might faint away.

She misread the instructions
And instead of pints drank litres,
And I’m laughing as I watch
As from foot to foot she teeters.

Two hours before her ultra scan
She drank much too much water,
Nurse said “Its your own fault”
Just before the right hook caught her!

© Lynne Joyce 05.11.2012