Humour / Inspiration for a colleague who’s just had a foot amputation

Indeed, well said. All that heartfelt stuff, then invite him to join you in doing the Hokey Cokey.

The thing about making a joke is that it will put the emphasis on him to laugh along, and he just might not feel like that after a life-changing operation.

Have to agree with this. And if your well intentioned humour did go down badly, you really wouldn’t have a leg to stand on.

Just try not to put your foot in your mouth

Tell him you can’t be his friend anymore.  Because you’re lack toes intolerant.

Remind him to stay positive, thats always a step in the right direction.

I’m sure he’ll be back on his feet in no time.

Buy him a shoe.

Buy him a shoe.

That would make an excellent stocking filler at Christmas 🙂

reeksy
I’m horrified by the sentiment  expressed by so many forum members in this thread. The OP came here looking for some suitable gentle humour for someone that’s about to undergo a fairly significant life-changing surgery and will be wracked with worry and stress. You should have a good look at yourself and ask if it was you in that position would you appreciate the contents of this thread

Reeksy has a valid point. How would you feel i you were in their shoe?

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How would you feel i you were in their shoe?

Wobbly?

I am not a very funny guy, but you can tell your friend this true story:

I was 13 and, together with my family, was visiting friends of my parents in Fairford one year. The man had lost an arm and a leg in WWII. Of course, I decided I wanted to entertain everyone at the table and started telling the following jokes:

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs on your doorstep? Matt

What do call a man with no arms and no legs in your swimming pool? Bob

Etc., etc.

Not once did it dawn on me who my audience was. Then my brother kicked me under the table.

I wanted to die on the spot.

Nothing to add to these awful puns, but picking up on

I had an army mate, who went on to work for Halo the mine charity and lost both legs and an arm clearing mines in Africa

Military humour is brutal. I read a book on the Falkland war where a guy was blown up by a landmine, was lying on the ground screaming ‘My leg! I’ve lost my leg!’ only for someone to shout back ‘No you haven’t, it’s over here’

And another NCO who’d asked his men to find a souvenir for him, opening his rucksack to find an argentinian boot in it. He could tell it was argentinian because it had an argentinian foot in it.

FootlessJo on YouTube is pretty funny. Is he looking at getting a prosthetic?

BUY them this DVD ? Under £4 on Amazon.

reeksy
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I’m horrified by the sentiment expressed by so many forum members in this thread. The OP came here looking for some suitable gentle humour for someone that’s about to undergo a fairly significant life-changing surgery and will be wracked with worry and stress. You should have a good look at yourself and ask if it was you in that position would you appreciate the contents of this thread.

…I mean, it seems like you’re just putting the boot in.

Ah, you were just pulling our leg 😉

Is he looking at getting a prosthetic?

I could recommend him a surgeon but he might never be able to go in a swimming pool again.

You’ve got to watch out for some surgeons though. Give them an inch and they’ll take a foot.

He should come over here. We have a surplus:

New Netflix series dives into the mystery of feet washing up on B.C. shores

A get well soon card with a message saying you were trying to find the right words but you’re stumped

“On the positive side, we now know you’re not a salamander”

…and sock washing just got a lot easier.

He’s a lucky guy, 50% less chance of putting his foot in it that the rest of us.

The end of every work meeting has to finish with  “right then, we better hop to it then”

Offer condolences that at least they’ll have some extra time / dispensation added to make it easier to qualify for the Boston Marathon

Tell your colleague you can’t be friends anymore because you’re lack toes intolerant

edit. .. Never mind. Cougar beat me by days.

Is he looking at getting a prosthetic?

I could recommend him a surgeon

I’d also ask for it to be a foot

I was reading this, then realised I wasn’t logged in – because the advert was for the Nike Factory Store !!! even the ad algo is taking the piss !

I used to work with a guy with one arm (car accident) and he was a mickey taker, one day he had an office chair delivered so before he got to the office we built it and only screwed one arm on

Better warn him to be careful at work when he returns, it will be a lot easy for him to put his foot in his mouth!

If I’d lost a foot and my supposed friends came up with so much dark humour, I’d be hopping mad.

So, as this thread got TOTW, thought I’d give a quick update.

Colleague has appreciated the humour, I think it has been a useful crutch for him at times. He’s had a further operation to prepare for a prosthetic; I think he’s peg(leg) ing his hopes on this.

He’s positive about the future, hoping to be discharged home early next week, and then a prosthetic within a few weeks. He’s told the medical staff to hop to it.

Make sure you change his ring tone to careless whisper

“He’s positive about the future, hoping to be discharged home early next week, and then a prosthetic within a few weeks. He’s told the medical staff to hop to it.”

I expect they are concerned that if they give him a foot he will take a mile.

You can basically go wild as he’s stuck with you guys now:

to late for him now to

Make a run for it

To get a foot in the door with the competition

to stamp down his authority

…..

He’ll have to hop to it on the physio.

At least a pair of socks will last longer

At least a pair of socks will last longer

Somewhere to donate all the odd socks the washing machine fairy has left you with

A friend has been on quite a journey since her pretty horrific accident. Little bit of back story:

https://www.conservation-without-borders.org/new-legs-for-the-human-swan

She has now had the surgery and prosthetics and is currently cycling to Spain! She can be followed here

https://www.polarsteps.com/sachadench/11115521-dartmoor-to-oviedo

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/qL8q9EbCH5xFsKht/

Pretty inspiring stuff

You should buy him a gift.  Maybe a box of Lego.