42 Replies to “The “W” Word”

    1. Entrance or exit sized? Cause some exit wounds will require a serving-platter-sized band aid …

  1. Imagine trying to match colours. Dark folks don’t like it when you suggest they’re darker than they think they are.

  2. It’s not like the original colour was all that great a match for Whitey.

    This is just another indication that our hospitals have way too many administrators, waste a pile of money that could be used for real issues.

    So I have to K-tape my shoulder to play golf this year, am I allowed to use black K-tape? Don’t like the pink one, its too Barbie.

  3. The hospital and CEOs can charge thousands for each one in the package.
    Diversity covers…

    They’re a corporate business that really doesn’t care about care only the bottom line.
    These institutions really love sending these students out for Canadian jobs in the name of job placement training.

  4. Bill Cosby could use those boxes for a Jello Pudding commercial

    if he wasnt so busy plugging his diversity into every women he meets

    1. We used to have soot laden snow where I lived when I was a kid. All the houses were heated by coal. The use of oil changed that.

  5. “If all they needed was a freaking band-aid, why are they at the hospital?”
    Indeed! Also could have been filed under “Mischief is Important.”

  6. Remember long, long ago when Crayola stopped producing a ‘flesh’ colored crayon?

    1. We don’t, but they waste the money we spend on healthcare that could be put to better, more important uses. Just like all government run things, no accountability.

    1. You need to see a Doctor IMMEDIATELY! That gray skin color of yours may be a sign of significant disease

  7. I’ve never seen an adhesive bandage that was white. Oh well, back to the grindstone.

    Canada’s healthcare system: We work on the little things so that you can focus on the big things.

  8. Shoppers has had these for a couple of years, just cheaper than the healthcare supplied.

  9. Gave some blood samples this AM.
    Site then covered with wad of cotton batten and
    almost transparent sticky tape – one step up from masking tape.
    Transparent: matches ALL skin colors.

    – Bad News

  10. I actually think it’s not a bad idea…
    … perhaps 30 years ago before all this pandering and virtual signalling. Now I just see it as yet another example of how our society is circling the drain. Nothing good will come when it all falls to ruin.

  11. Today is NOT the day to speak to me about our healthcare system. Our daughter was scheduled for a mastectomy this morning at 8 a.m. She checked into the hospital to discover it had been changed to noon and they didn’t inform her of the change.

    My uncle was already in pre-op for back surgery this afternoon when his surgery was cancelled because of other emergencies. He has been waiting over one year for this procedure.

    But, it’s “free” so Canadian idiots continue to convince themselves they have the best healthcare in the world.

    At least our white daughter can rest easy knowing the hospital will have the proper coloured bandage to cover the surgical site where her breast was.

    1. I am sorry for the extra anxiety you and your family have been put through… And hope your daughter has a top notch surgeon and that her recovery is w/o any more hitches. Godspeed.

      1. Thank you, Laurie. Thankfully, she has a very good surgeon and is very confident in her surgical team.

        My uncle, however, has to wait until next week to find out when he will be rescheduled for surgery. More waiting.

  12. gotta disagree on this Kate.
    big changes sometimes happen in little steps.
    so then assessing a goal must allow for alternate route(s)

  13. So they bought 3 packages of 30 pieces from amazon at $5.47 each?

    couldn’t find them in bulk?

    the actual press release is worse, managing to not match skin tone to the “volunteers”

    1. The padding would still be white. Same as gauze bandages, Q-tips, sterile dressings, etc. A lot of work yet to be done.

  14. This is little consolation for those searching for a tampon dispenser beside their urinal.

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