A troop of Boy Scouts was being used as “guinea pigs” in a test of emergency systems.
A mock earthquake was staged, and the Scouts impersonated wounded persons who were to be picked up and cared for by the emergency units.
One Scout was supposed to lie on the ground and await his rescuers, but the first-aid people got behind schedule, and the Scout lay “wounded” for several hours.
When the first-aid squad arrived where the casualty was supposed to be, they found nothing but a brief note: “Have bled to death and gone home.”
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A well-respected surgeon was relaxing on his sofa one evening just after arriving home from work.
As he was tuning into the evening news, the phone rang. The doctor calmly answered it and heard the familiar voice of a colleague on the other end of the line.
“We need a fourth for poker,” said the friend.
“I’ll be right over,” whispered the doctor.
As he was putting on his coat, his wife asked, “Is it serious?”
“Oh yes, quite serious,” said the doctor gravely. “In fact, three doctors are there already!”
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Two avid hunters take a hunter’s safety class in which they learn that the universal signal for an emergency is three s.h.ots in the air.
Sure enough, on their next hunting trip the two men get lost.
One says to the other, “What shall we do?”
The other says, I know fire three s.h.ots in the air and someone may come to find us.
He fires off three s.h.ots, and they wait two hours. No sign of help.
What shall we do? Fire off three more s.h.ots. So he does. Three hours later there is no response and it is getting dark. The one says “Shall we try again?”
The other says, “I guess not… I only have two arrows left…”
