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That was hilarious! Good luck Rik - I'm sure it'll all be fab and you'll settle in no problem

Beat me to it...

Look, to win anything we're going to have to be good enough to beat whichever teams we come across on the way so there's no point whingeing. At least it'll be competitive. We're hardly going to win a cup by playing Wallsend Junior School along the way.

Were they reactions to when you took your clothes off?

Today's bizarre guests include a post-op transsexual (male to female) aged 60-something who wants "her" pre-op transsexual (female to male) lover aged 21 to have a baby for them before she turns into a "he"

Merchant is catching up to Pilkington in the unintentional comedy genius stakes. He's class Er, I think he's being fairly intentional. Or have I missed something I just meant that up til now he's been more of a writer/director but his comedy acting (aided by the fact he's ridiculously tall and strange-looking) is class. I think Gervais can try too hard to be funny sometimes, but Merchant just is. I know what I meant, anyway!!

Merchant is catching up to Pilkington in the unintentional comedy genius stakes. He's class

Maybe it's best to leave them in blissful ignorance. They may start to feel inadequate...

All men are full of bullshit and just tell you what they think you want to hear. This is my conclusion: David - it's over!

not hers anyways !!!! But thanks for calling me a lady Sorry, I thought you were Cath. Never mind the compliments! I'm not talking to you anymore since I discovered you're engaged to someone else. Hrumph Baby, I'm sorry, I can explain.... Where's the "WHATEVER!!!" smiley?

And yet it's just accepted as the norm in the NHS. You really do get used to it, despite thinking to yourself "This wouldn't be allowed in any other job" The number of times someone has said to me "Oh well if no-one stays behind then this kid won't be able to have his operation...." What the fuck are you supposed to say to that?!

Just spoken to the friend in question to warn her that the hospital is getting a slating again and that the cameras are outside. She's supposed to finish her shift in an hour but is just about to transfer a critically ill patient to Liverpool as there are no beds available in the hospital. I know of at least 2 wards of 24-beds which are empty (closed down by management) as there aren't enough staff to run them, and the rest of the hospital is always rammed full. Anyway, Sue will be leaving for Liverpool soon meaning that by the time she gets back it'll be about 10.30am - that's 14 hours after the start of her shift. She's heading up here for the weekend tonight an'all so I best get another bottle of wine in cos I can almost hear the ranting....

My best mate is finishing her nights this morning - I might ask her to give the camera a wave on her way past. Now an interview with her would be an interesting one for GMTV! You're right about the soul-destroying bit. That's why I left the wards (even though I was called many things for deserting a sinking ship) I just couldn't do my job properly and it was making me ill. I would regularly work 15 hour days and still not be able to care for people to the standards I'd be satisfied with, never mind the management or the government

My lovely old hospital in Manchester comes in for a slating once again. Weird to see GMTV reporters stood outside of it on the telly this morning! Maybe if they looked at getting more nurses to fill the ridiculous amount of vacancies, they'd find that standards improved somewhat. Having worked on the wards there, all I can say is that it's impossible for 2 qualified nurses to care for 24 patients to the standard expected - it's physically impossible despite their best efforts which cannot be questioned. Interesting stuff from a coroner who when the allegations against Shipman first came to light dismissed the fact that such a pillar of the community should be implicated in something as serious as murder too - until he was forced to look at it again of course....

Friend of the stars, me

Ehhh? I now have a picture in my head of Alan Robson stood there in an operating theatre scalpel in hand while saying "oooooh its exciting innit" and laughing manically. My mam was the manager of a GP surgery in the West End for many years. The building got a bit of an overhaul and Robson did the honours on the opening day. oh bloody hell, whereabouts? that might explain my lack of healthcare as a child. Adelaide Terrace in Benwell. Although I don't think she was there that many years ago

Ehhh? I now have a picture in my head of Alan Robson stood there in an operating theatre scalpel in hand while saying "oooooh its exciting innit" and laughing manically. My mam was the manager of a GP surgery in the West End for many years. The building got a bit of an overhaul and Robson did the honours on the opening day.

not hers anyways !!!! But thanks for calling me a lady Sorry, I thought you were Cath. Never mind the compliments! I'm not talking to you anymore since I discovered you're engaged to someone else. Hrumph

I met Alan Robson once when he opened my mam's surgery - does that count?

Cunt beat me to it OI MAN!!!

Top Tip: If possible always dry your hands using paper towels. Them hot air dryers are incredibly unhygienic and just blow germs around. Ithankyou. EDIT Have I spelt unhygienic correctly? Unhygeinic, unhygienic. Yeah. I think I did. Hmm, I'm tired.

ALLOWED!!!!

Is that you?

Oh my! *makes the sign of the cross*