The nurse went in to check her respiratory distress patient
in the Critical Care Unit who was getting oxygen via a mask.
The nurse tried to talk to him, but all she could get out of him
was gasping and unintelligible talk.
Finally, the nurse thrust a note pad and pencil at the patient
and said, "I can't understand you, sir. Please write it down."
The patient weakly scribbled on the pad,
"Get your foot off my oxygen tube!"
