You know you're a Stephen King fan when...

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Neesy

#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
May 24, 2012
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You describe reaching for something with your hands as either "grasping" or "fumbling for purchase".
Fumbling for purchase?

When I used to be a medical transcriptionist the doctor would dictate "We achieved a good purchase" (orthopedic surgery).

I used to joke about those orthopedic surgeons always going shopping...

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You know you're a big fan when you look forward to his latest book - Sleeping Beauties!

I love the idea of a world where the men are alone because all the women have fallen into a deep sleep - oy vey!
 

KINGSMAN129

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Jun 30, 2013
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Fumbling for purchase?

When I used to be a medical transcriptionist the doctor would dictate "We achieved a good purchase" (orthopedic surgery).

I used to joke about those orthopedic surgeons always going shopping...

ba-dum-tssshhh-o.gif


You know you're a big fan when you look forward to his latest book - Sleeping Beauties!

I love the idea of a world where the men are alone because all the women have fallen into a deep sleep - oy vey!
Personally, I do not enjoy that idea. :)
 

Klerekast

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Apr 30, 2015
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...You are immediately in The Barrens when you see a gate with wild greenery behind it.

...You snicker when you see a sewer entrance with a mailbox-like thing next to it, and think "mail for It!", and picture It sitting on the toilet with a magazine. Yes, this happened.