Can we get any stupider?

He's toast.

You can get extremely hungry doing brain surgery all day...unbelievable; couldn't they have just put it on his tab and collected the money later?

No, Seal, the croutons are toast, he's screwed.

I agree Kev, this is dumb.
I read somewhere - employee theft account for 1/3 of company losses. Crouton theft is outta control!

Now wait, were they just plain or were they the really herbed up good kind? That would make a difference to me...

A doctor eating soup? Incredible. From the hospital cafeterias I've been in, I thought they all lived on combined helpings of onion rings and french fries.

Well, the doctor is working again since last Wednesday - he should have returned today, but was asked to come back earlier.

does he have to bring his own croutons in the future ? hbg

No, hamburger, he has to pay for them (and the extra portion of soup) as all the others have to.

there was the prison guard that got fired for having a stab proof vest - it was prohibited because it might offend inmates - and make them feel bad - as close as I can remember on the facts. GEESH

walter : perhaps he was not getting his full share of the soup - perhaps the cook was scraping the bottom of the pot ? should he not be allowed to make up for it in croutons ? no, of course not. next thing you know, he might be taking an extra portion of some patients brain out before asking the patient if he'd mind . stranger things have happened in hospitals ! a promininent local physician recently recommended that sick people do not go to a hospital, because they'd likely come out sicker than they went in ! i think he's got a point there. an american research association (was it the AMA ?) recently issued a report, stating that thousands of serious errors are made in hospitals every year. hbg

Linda Towle, a former patient of Mr Hope, felt it was a ridiculous situation.

She said: "Croutons are only slices of bread chopped up.


That's such a crude and demeaning way to describe those tasty delights.

I remember that story husker. These two stories are examples that truth is stranger than fiction.

Stale bread

Nobody would have noticed if it were saltines. Now in England, croutons are considered haute cuisine, and so the issue becomes quite serious when it comes to theft.

No they aren't, they are considered to be irritating little bits of toast that spoil perfectly good heinz 57 soups. Now if you wanna talk haute cuisine, lets talk black pudding.

Why don't they just hire someone else for the job?
Hey, it's not brain sur...


Never mind.

Mmm...black pudding...what's best, squishy or crunchy?

What? Do you mean lean or fatty?

I'm thinking along the lines of proper preparation and cooking. I've had black pudding, over-fried, that is hard as a mean turd, and I've had some that were silken and juicy, which I would choose any day.