Hinky Pinky

Okay. Here are two phrases which are rhyming spoonerisms of each other. One is "the meat of an undecided porcine animal" and the other "an implement for retrieving vinegary cucumbers."

Think about it awhile.

In the meantime, just working my three days on again. Yesterday there were two admissions in the day shift and two more on the evening shift [my shift.] Today a meeting for the nurses that didn't feel hostile and unpleasant. There was actually participation and laughter. It actually felt fun. Odd.

Nurses were always taught a "pain scale" from one to ten: one being barely any pain and ten being the most excruciating pain you've ever had. Now our facility is changing to a scale of one to three. I tried to use this scale talking to the Multicare Consulting Nurses today and they didn't understand what I was talking about. Homeland's rationale was that the MDS ["minimum data set"] uses the one to three scale so that's what the facility should use. They should just change the MDS scale. It's nonsense.

So I wrote a note to the DNS stating my feelings about the 1-3 pain scale. Then I tore it up and wrote a one-liner.

The answer to the above puzzle: one is a "fickle pork" and the other is a "pickle fork." But you probably got that right away. This is a variation on the game "Hink Pink" or "Hinky Pinky" in which the entries rhyme, but don't have to be spoonerisms of each other. For example, an overweight feline is a "fat cat." Maybe we can play again.

Yes, Hal.