Rockingham Remembered
Short Stories
A Hospital Scare
An extremely modest man was in
the hospital for a series of tests, the
last of which had left his bodily
systems extremely upset.

Upon making several false alarm
trips to the bathroom, he decided
the latest episode was another and
stayed put. He suddenly filled his
bed with diarrhea and was
embarrassed beyond his ability to
remain rational.

In a complete loss of composure he
jumped out of bed, gathered up the
bed sheets, and threw them out the
hospital window.

A drunk was walking by the
hospital when the sheets landed on
him. He started yelling, cursing, and
swinging his arms violently trying
to get the unknown things off, and
ended up with the soiled sheets in a
tangled pile at his feet.

As the drunk stood there, unsteady
on his feet, staring down at the
sheets, a hospital security guard
(barely containing his laughter) who
had watched the whole incident
walked up and asked, "What the
heck is going on here?"

The drunk, still staring down
replied:
"I think I just beat the crap out of a
ghost!"