European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 stars and stripes tuesday april 24 2007 medical gossip has no place that scrambled word game by Henri Arnold and Mike Argirion deaf Abby after Reading the letter from invaded March and her description of the behaviour of Thelma the gossipy coordinator i was disgusted that woman should be reported to personnel for her cosiness and big Mouth medical and mental health information Are private and the card to the woman who had a miscarriage May have been extremely hurtful if she didst want anyone to know most women who have had multiple miscarriages dont Tell anyone until they Are sure they will carry the baby to term returning to work and talking to people who do not have the need to know is hard for them i cant believe the Gall of that woman maybe she needs a heavier workload to keep her Busy or to be dismissed in fort Collins Colo dear disgusted a number of people who like you were a dear Abby called by thelmas behaviour or had similar stories to share weighed in on invaders letter read on dear Abby exposed herself and her employer to fines upward of and other regulatory action invaded should immediately Contact the us department of health and human services office for civil rights this Wom ans gossip is far More than annoying if s a violation of the health insurance portability and accountability act this Law was de signed to protect the privacy of All americans with regard to their medical information the office for civil rights specifically handles violations of the act a fact Sheet on How to file a com plaint is available at file him in Atlanta dear Abby with regard to Thelma asking her coworkers about their private medical Busi Ness i went through the same thing at one of my previous jobs i found that if you turn the tables things change rapidly a woman in our office always asked the most inappropriately personal questions and made everyone around her uncomfortable we squirmed for months until one of my friends suggested the following idea All of us in the office got together and made a list of the top 100 worst questions you could Ever be asked whenever our Thelma came around to one of us we picked one to sincerely and innocently ask her after trying to hem and Haw her Way out of questions about her sex life her hair Dye and various other things she finally started avoid ing us problem solved t St Joseph to letters for this column with your name and phone number should be addressed to dear Abby to Box 6944fl los Angeles Ca 90069 readers can write to Araby on the internet at Universal press Syndicate unscramble these four jumbles one letter to each Square to form four Ordinary words v Tribune Media services inc All rights reserved s  s s j if i lie Down ill fall asleep the tired 5at on h5 now arrange the circled letters to form the Surprise answer As suggested by the above cartoon a v yesterdays 0 i 0 Fly a it woks like Fikany Over his phase i you show 60 com6ratu have f Wahy he have funny killing answers tomorrow jumbles prize jumpy equate Cobalt answer what the electrician gave the customer when he finished the Job quite a Jolt Speed bump a 4t 0 x 0 s o o a off Block ten seconds i see the kids asleep the laundry Jashed the wishes done and 1o seconds or peace before we pass out i coh Tell knot to let