[Margaret Pilkington]

Russell, I am sure the chuckles that you had with your colleagues when you were dealing with sad things were the way to keep sane.
I know that in nursing we dealt with some tragic things and the way we coped was our very black humour. It wasn't that we were being disrespectful with the things we laughed at, it was just our way of dealing with it...stopping it from corroding our emotions.....and if you couldn't do that, then the job was not for you.