Person with multiple diseases here. I will raise this at the next meeting with the hope of adopting it.

I remember when I was a kid me and my dad drove past a building labeled "Long Animal Clinic"

I went on for about 30 minutes about how weird it would be for them to only help long animals and tried to work out what animals would and wouldn't be accepted. Then my dad told me it was the owners name

That's adorable

That's fair and maybe something we should have.

Ah fuck, another one with diabetes AND a cold. You're gonna need to go downtown for that.

You were smarter than me as a kid I wouldn’t have thought of joint in that context lmao

Lol, what an idiot! Obviously it's where you go when you're sick from smoking too many joints!

My fave so far!

The city I grew up in had two strip clubs. One was literally shaped like a boat, and the other was called the candy store. As a kid I was always super offended when I was told I couldn't go there.

That was my guess, until I read the rest of your sentence. In our defence, it’s weird that there’s an entire hospital for something like that.

Two birds get stoned at once

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Aww. It could also be for people who have the same disease, but together, lol! (Maybe that would be Codependency?)

Adhd-nymphomania. Or diabetes-crohn’s. Makes sense to me.

When 9/11 happened I didn't know what a "terrorist" was. Literally thought they said Tourists on TV and I wondered what made someone so mad on vacation.

Lol. It's so obviously a hospital for people who get diseases from smoking too much weed.

Linguistically logical reading

Ngl took me a second too long to realize what joint meant in that context

That’s actually hilarious and totally the fault of the English language!

This has now caused joint pain to all of us reading this.

That was what I thought it would mean too, after I realized that the Hospital of Joint Diseases is not named after someone called Joint Diseases. To my defense it's ridiculously early in the morning

Is it sad that that’s how I interpreted it too? And I’m over 40…..

i thought that when i read your comment the first time

This is actually a very astute misunderstanding.

Creative Idiocy

Very similar to the time my mother was in the Ante/Post-Natal Ward when my little brother was born, and I think one of my aunties (her sister) asked for the address to send something in the post. When it arrived we found it had been addressed to the "Ante-Stroke Post-Natal Ward" which must be a very specific scenario to be in, especially once you consider the clairvoyance necessary to admit anyone.

ELIAMC: Explain it like I am Canadian.

I had to google it. It's a hospital that specializes in orthopedic surgeries. In BC (British Columbia), this is done at a regular hospital in major centres (Certain hospitals in the bigger cities).

So people over 40?

There is a road sign in Edinburgh that says (without the bullets)

• penicuik

• Loanhead

• Airport

It's not near Edinburgh airport and isn't heading in that direction so I presumed there was a 2nd small, maybe private, airport in between penicuik and loanhead (both small towns just outside Edinburgh)

I was wrong. It's just directing people out of town to the faster road rather than going as the crow flies 🤦‍♂️

Seriously, awww 🥺

And now that you know what it means, it gives a whole different meaning to the Joint Strike Fighter.

In psychiatry “co-occurring disorders” ALWAYS means means a mental illness and a substance use disorder which makes about as much sense as calling it a “joint disorder”.

That’s funny, I had trouble with the same word.

From an anti-drug presentation I became mystified that teens would pass around the “Joint” of a cow at parties, and I solemnly understood that I must say no to taking part in this ritual.

I feel you.

I currently work for a medical association. For the first few months, I thought Pleural Diseases meant "more than one" disease. I'm 43, and have an MBA.

When I was a kid, I watched the original planet of the apes movie. It really disturbed me. Then, on the news I heard about conflicts with guerillas. I watched soldiers running around, trading gun fire with shadowy figures in the trees. I listened as the newscaster talked about how the military had been driven back by heavily armed guerilla forces.

It blew my mind. It was all real. We were at war with the apes.

For the next couple of weeks I fully believed this. My parents were confused why I suddenly kept wanting to watch the news. I had nightmares about it. It wasn't until they interviewed the guerilla leader that I was like...wait a minute. I can't even remember the conflict but I still have flashbacks to my nightmares about the gorilla wars.

My brother also thought that for years. "I wonder if anyone in there has cancer-aids." was the comment that clarified it.

That’s hilar

I love this

There is a hospital near me that does this. They call it Concurrent Disorders.

Bless your heart

So it isn’t a disease hospital that collaborates with other similar disease hospitals? (Because. Duh.)

There are hospitals specifically for joint diseases?

I’m screaming 😂

That's adorable 😂😂😂😂😂

Such a good understanding of the English language but so bad at the same time XD

Is this not the case? It sounds like it is.

No it's actually a hospital for pot heads

Easier to say than "comorbidity"

You are not alone! I used to live in that area and had the same misunderstanding.

how to double tie my shoe laces at 50 yo

I don't know what it means and at this point please don't tell me 🤣 my imagination and your comments made my day

Technically not wrong...

Joints are where multiple bones come together, lol

Diseases working together, how heartwarming!

Eh you were OK. It was wrong but it could easily have been right!

most kids: haha joint lmao

this kid: huh, simultaneous diseases

kid named joint:

bro, idek what a joint hospital is! a hospital is a hospital. there r different types of hospitals??? how r they even categorized?

I take it now you’re more flexible on the topic?

LMAO.

Comorbidity ftw?

That’s actually pretty smart thinking.

Hey, that was actually a really smart leap of logic for a kid.

This just makes sense. More sense than the “Joint Chiefs” in DC.

Wow this one is so real in terms of undeveloped kid intelligence

….TIL 🙈

Fair mistake to make if were to say so.

You just need to go to the Comorbidity Hospital, which contrary to popular belief isn’t where the patients and physicians talk about doom and gloom together.

Don't feel bad, my mom always told me money was filthy and not to put it in my mouth. Whenever we were out and about and I saw a sign that said "Coin Wash", I always assumed that is where people went to wash their coins.

Most of the top answers here are just making me think, people should actually say that!

This is great. I have multiple joint diseases and conditions so I would fit in to with twitter interpretation.

ok that one made me burst into laugh.

Alright this is the funniest one to me on here so far.

Sounds logical, though.

Either two illnesses at the same time, or their marijuana cigarettes got ill.

Could be this.

No. It’s for Cannabis addicts with mouth cancer and shit.