“Fancy meeting you here again Pete.”

“We must stop meeting like this Bill”

“Where else but the pub do we meet?”

“I suppose in hospital if one falls ill.”

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“That might not be long as I am eighty nine,”

“You don’t look it Bill anyway you got the NHS.”

“What good is that when you’ve had too much wine?”

“You get shoved in a corridor in the never or less.”

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“What’s that Pete, without any covering?”

“Nearly, just a robe with a slit up the back.”

“That’s a sight for sore eyes with your ass showing.”

“They lose us our dignity before letting us out.”

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“Hang on Pete, we missed on here, that didn’t rhyme.”

“I couldn’t say that with ‘Back’, I would be censored.”

“Most people say worse than that, it isn’t a crime.”

“Like I said, I was there all night and weren’t half bored.”

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“I suppose the nurses were nice to you?”

“Oh yes they were darlings but wear trousers now.”

“They must of seen you coming into view,”

“I remember when they wore skirts and showed some leg Wow!”

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“They seem overwhelmed with aristocracy and clipboards.”

“With Management bureacracy and targets.”

“Yes with agency cleaners left to clean the wards.”

“No wonder there’s so much C-Dif and other threats.”

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“Remember the old Matrons Pete, they didn’t stand no messing.”

“Yes, they could put right any patient, nurse, doctor or consultant.”

“I remember Matron Macenzie She would put the NHS right with my blessing.”

“She must have been quite a hard woman Bill, like an army sergeant.”

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“Well Pete, let’s leave the bureaucracy for another day.”

“This Government has made enough mess of the NHS.”

“Not only that, beer is going up because of youngsters, they say.”

” Ha! You said they couldn’t take it, you’re no spring chicken God Bless!”

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“Fancy another Pete, or have you had enough.”

“Yes go on, but don’t get the wrong impression .”

“Anyway, we can’t afford it now as finances are tough. ”

” Just like me they have robbed me of my pension.”

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“Better make that a Half Pete, shall we?”

“OK Bill, we will end it there just like an MP.”

THE END