Anyone had a 'pulse rhythm check' at the doctor's?

[Sharky]

They know youll be out at a certain time so nip round to burgle your house. The first few goes are to lull you into a false sense of security, then BAM! You get home and find your Bergerac VHS collection and tv remote have been stolen.

When i joined an insurance company, they told me of some ingenious claims ...

A man woke up, to find his car had been stolen from outside his house.

But a day later, it was back, washed, cleaned and a full tank of petrol and an apology note on the seat. The thief had been desperate to get home, his children were sick and had missed the last train. To recompense, two tickets for a show were left on the seat.

The gullible car owner accepted the story and used the tickets to go to the show.

But when he returned from the show, his house had been burgled!

 

[Punkawallah]

My Doctors are convinced I have COPD and Asthma but I don’t. I know several people with these complaints and they are struggling but no matter what I say the doctors don’t take any notice. Fed up with it.

Could be one of those ‘you have no symptoms which means you’ve got it’ situations.

 

[Drago]

When i joined an insurance company, they told me of some ingenious claims ...

A man woke up, to find his car had been stolen from outside his house.

But a day later, it was back, washed, cleaned and a full tank of petrol and an apology note on the seat. The thief had been desperate to get home, his children were sick and had missed the last train. To recompense, two tickets for a show were left on the seat.

The gullible car owner accepted the story and used the tickets to go to the show.

But when he returned from the show, his house had been burgled!

Believe it or not that is an urban myth that originated, in all places, on an episode of Terry and June in the seventies!

 

[matticus]

Believe it or not that is an urban myth that originated, in all places, on an episode of Terry and June in the seventies!

Sounds a bit like the burgled holidaymakers story, where the only thing left was their camera and toothbrushes. (You can google it). I really want it to be true, but, you know ...

 

[Sharky]

Believe it or not that is an urban myth that originated, in all places, on an episode of Terry and June in the seventies!

Could well be a myth, it was the company whose slogan was "drama out of a crisis", that told me.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Believe it or not that is an urban myth that originated, in all places, on an episode of Terry and June in the seventies!

It's much older than that!

It goes back at least to the '50s and has a number of variations.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-ticket-taker/

 

[Drago]

Sounds a bit like the burgled holidaymakers story, where the only thing left was their camera and toothbrushes. (You can google it). I really want it to be true, but, you know ...

I know a lass who worked as a cleaner to pay her way through uni, and one family were so nasty thats exactly what she did with their toothbrushes.