[jambutty]

It’s just my opinion but I think that every adult should give blood once a year if their blood is acceptable.

I started off when I joined the navy and have given blood all over the world. No! Not on a barroom floor but properly in a bottle. In places like Bahrain they actually paid you for it too but there was no tea and a biscuit. They won’t take any nowadays. Too old and a heart and kidney condition, not to mention blood full of Warfarin prevents them.

So a message to all those who abhor the site of a needle – don’t look. The pain is only a small scratch and only lasts for a second or two. Just think of the selfless service you are giving to someone. It could save their life. And don’t forget that if you are unlucky enough to need blood to save your own life, someone will have given it without a thought to their own discomfort.

As the advert states, “Do something amazing. Give blood.”

Why is it that when nurses prepare to stick a needle in your arm they always say ‘just a small scratch’? It’s not a scratch it’s a prick. Why don’t they say ‘just a small prick’ and have a good laugh at the same time?