We have received a letter of great import from the NHS ........
...... asking us to give up our bodies for "Our Future Health", the UK's biggest health research programme .......... in return for a £10 gift voucher for our time and effort in volunteering.
We are, of course, very honoured by such an invite, but on seeing that giving a sample of blood was a requisite, Darrell visibly turned a whiter shade of pale, he not being a great embracer of the (whisper) needle, especially when in a voluntary capacity!
I may have to use all my well honed powers of persuasion to at least get him to practice rolling up his sleeve in a medical type fashion in order to prepare for such an event, should he wish to perhaps offer himself up ....... we shall see.
2 comments:
This is very public spirited of you. Good luck with Darrell.
Do they accept monkey's blood? When I was a kid, we called the strawberry sauce from the ice cream van "monkey's blood."
Was this just a northern thing? Or did anyone else call it this?
What an amazing pair of altruistic monkeys you are - always thinking of others! JantheFan x
(& yes Mr D - I consumed a lot of monkeys blood in my childhood days but please don't tell Darrell or Monkey as I may be blocked out from their blog for life. )
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