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bearing the scars

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I went to the doctor today. It has been over a week since I had fractured my nose. My visit with the doc lasted only 5 minutes. No, he didn’t fix much in that time. He only told me what my options were. As the doctor put it my nose has had a lot of “trama” over my life time [fracturing it now for the 5th time]. He said that I have broke it too many times just to crack it back in place. The only option I would have to fix it would be to do a complete top to bottom overhaul. In other words, plastic surgery. There is no way. I am not into this. I am sure the cost and pain would be outrageous. I suppose I will settle for the other option…to live with a crooked and bumpy nose. Not that it wasn’t crooked before!?
 
I remember what my nose doctor, Rocky [fitting name for a nose doc], in high school said, “Your nose makes you, you!? He is right. My already deformed nose has character… at least I need to keep telling myself that. Over the pst couple of weeks I have been working on a beard. Its my first time, and no pun intended it’s really growing on me. The beard is a good distraction from the nose.
 
It’s just one more thing to look forward to when I get to heaven someday. A new nose. As Jesus bears the scars of sin on His hands and feet, I bear them on my shnoze.
 
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broken nose #5

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100_2723.jpgIt was New Years Eve in the back lot of the church we had our first ever old men vs. young men football game. The field was perfect. Soggy and muddy. The teams were recruited ahead of time. The young men had an air of we-can-out-run-these-guys and the old men had an air of with-age-comes-experience.

The game became kind of lopsided with the old men taking the advantage behind their veteran QB, Pete Sr. I play defense mostly, trying to strip the flags from their belts and potential TD’s from their score. For the most part I did okay. Until Kyle Miller took the ball. Kyle Miller has thighs like a tree trunk, but cannot cut East to

West in the mucky terrain. Pastor Kenny and I were going after him at the same time. I reached for Kyle’s flag and snatched it out. I fell in the process right into Pastor K’s knee. CRACK. I knew it right away. It was broken. My nose didn’t bleed  much nor did it hurt all that bad, but it was most certainly bent. Pastor K later took me to the ER in our muddy clothes. I have been down this road 4 other times:

1. baseball (chop hit to the face)

2. softball (flyball blocked by another glove)

3. frisbee (run in between 2 throwers)

4. basketball (elbow in the box)

5. football

So breaking the nose is nothing new. I suppose this Polish shnoze of mine is sort of like a magnet. I needs a little stick that says, “Caution, danger, will break if touched.”

I go to the doc next week to get it worked on. Been there before too. Hopefully this time they will make it a little straighter.

Oh, and the old guys won!

nosebody nose?

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Who Nose?

  1. Obvious:  Excuse me. Is that your nose or did a bus park on your face.
  2. Meteorological:  Everybody take cover. She’s going to blow.
  3. Fashionable:  You know, you could de-emphasize your nose if you wore something larger. Like … Wyoming.
  4. Personal:  Well, here we are. Just the three of us.
  5. Punctual:  Alright gentlemen. Your nose was on time but you were fifteen minutes late.
  6. Envious:  Oooo, I wish I were you. Gosh. To be able to smell your own ear.
  7. Philosophical:   You know. It’s not the size of a nose thats important. It’s what’s in it that matters.
  8. Humorous:  Laugh and the world laughs with you. Sneeze and its goodbye Seattle.
  9. Commercial:  Hi, I’m Earl Schibe and I can paint that nose for $39.95.
  10. Polite:  Ah. Would you mind not bobbing your head. The orchestra keeps changing tempo.
  11. Melodic:  Everybody! “He’s got the whole world in his nose.”
  12. Sympathetic:  Oh, What happened? Did your parents lose a bet with God?
  13. Complememtary:  You must love the little birdies to give them this to perch on.
  14. Scientific:  Say, does that thing there influence the tides.
  15. Obscure:  Oh, I’d hate to see the grindstone.
  16. Inquiry:  When you stop to smell the flowers, are they afraid?
  17. French:  Say, the pigs have refused to find any more truffles until you leave.
  18. Religious:  The Lord giveth and He just kept on giving, didn’t He.
  19. Disgusting:  Say, who mows your nose hair.
  20. Aromatic:  It must be wonderful to wake up in the morning and smell the coffee … in Brazil.

By: Steve Martin (Roxanne) 
 
My own…
Geographical: His nose was so big it had its own Zip Code!
AMPlified: Her nose is so big she inhales with an echo!
Superstar: So you rent it out to michael jackson on the weekends?
Athletic: The bigger it is the faster it runs.
Convenience: his nose so big he needs mirrors to see around it   
Sporting: his nose so big that people could go Bowling with his Boogers 
Fairytale: his nose is so big, he makes pinnochio jealous.