A Story Worth Telling
“But the mere sight of a needle makes me pass out, I can’t even knit!”
— Mrs. Betty Slocombe’s character in the 1977 film “Have You Been Served.”
“On a scale of one to ten …,” the nurse began. “Pain? About a one or two,” I responded. “On the stupid scale, about an 87.”
“Accidents happen,” she said politely. I nodded. Ma...