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Jaybird on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25
What’s going on with that hospital? Is it surrounded by prison bars?Report
I thought “well, let’s look at old pictures of hospitals!”
I was guessing that most of them had grounds of a sort and the grounds were boundaried by metal fences.
I found a couple of pictures of hospitals circa 1909 that had metal bar fences, but they were all about waist height rather than security fences.
So I think we can chalk this one up to “Dude was still learning his craft.”Report