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**irrawnWab** · 10-06-2011, 06:37 PM

By Patricia Kime - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Oct 6, 2011 9:34:50 EDT

Someone at the Veterans Affairs Department Medical Center in Washington, D.C., has an odd sense of humor.

On Wednesday, outpatient Tom McCuin, an Afghanistan war veteran, snapped a photo of a hat emblazoned with the phrase: “Warning: This Vet is Medicated for your Protection,” available for sale in the lobby gift shop at the hospital.

He then posted it on Facebook and Twitter.

“My first reaction was, ‘Oh, that’s pretty funny,’ because I have a tendency to laugh at inappropriate things,” McCuin, an Army Reserve officer .... Read the rest of the story here.

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What do you think about the hat? Was the VA right to quickly remove it?

I like how the guy said "at first" he laughed...until his wife said something. Would he have done the same thing if his wife hadn't been with him? (Aren't a lot of people with PTSD medicated)?

But yeah it could be seen as inappropriate but a lot of inappropriate things are funny. It just sounds like that guy only said anything because his wife was there.

10-06-2011, 06:37 PM	#3
irrawnWab Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	By Patricia Kime - Staff writer Posted : Thursday Oct 6, 2011 9:34:50 EDT Someone at the Veterans Affairs Department Medical Center in Washington, D.C., has an odd sense of humor. On Wednesday, outpatient Tom McCuin, an Afghanistan war veteran, snapped a photo of a hat emblazoned with the phrase: “Warning: This Vet is Medicated for your Protection,” available for sale in the lobby gift shop at the hospital. He then posted it on Facebook and Twitter. “My first reaction was, ‘Oh, that’s pretty funny,’ because I have a tendency to laugh at inappropriate things,” McCuin, an Army Reserve officer .... Read the rest of the story here. ----------------------------- What do you think about the hat? Was the VA right to quickly remove it? I like how the guy said "at first" he laughed...until his wife said something. Would he have done the same thing if his wife hadn't been with him? (Aren't a lot of people with PTSD medicated)? But yeah it could be seen as inappropriate but a lot of inappropriate things are funny. It just sounds like that guy only said anything because his wife was there.
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