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April 13, 2008 @ 9:02 pm

Strange Hospital Visit

I couldn’t help but notice the story about a horse visiting an ailing owner in a Hawaii hospital. Apparently a friend thought it would help his ill friend to have a hospital visit from his favourite horse. Cats and dogs are prohibited from visits but I don’t think anyone had thought to include horses in such a ban. They managed to make it to the second floor before they were turned back. If that wasn’t bad enough, the friend had taken the wrong horse.

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