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Humor: Medical (140) - Part 1
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January 23, 1992
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bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
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[1]
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This girl in the middle teens has a lisping problem so she visits a doctor.
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Beginning the examination, the doctor puts on his stethoscope and says,
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"Big breath."
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She replies, "Yeth, and I am not even thikteen."
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==
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[2]
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A Senator dies and goes to the Pearly Gates. There is a long line there
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so the Senator goes to the head of the line and says, "I'm Senator
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Blamsphey." Saint Peter looks at him and says, "You'll have to wait in
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line like anybody else." Shortly thereafter, a lawyer shows up and goes
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to the head of the line. Saint Peter sends him back, too. Then, a
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former Prime Minister dies and the same thing happens.
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A little while later, this doctor comes strolling by, goes to the head
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of the line, and Saint Peter lets him into Heaven. Well, the Senator,
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lawyer, and ex-Prime Minister are quite upset, so they go to Saint Peter
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and ask him why they let a doctor through but they wouldn't talk to
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them. Saint Peter says, "Oh. That was no doctor. That was God; he
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just likes playing doctor."
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==
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[3]
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Doctor: I have some bad news and some very bad news.
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Patient: Well, might as well give me the bad news first.
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Doctor: The lab called with your test results. They said you have
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24 hours to live.
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Patient: 24 HOURS! Thats terrible!! WHAT could be WORSE?
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What's the very bad news?
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Doctor: I've been trying to reach you since yesterday.
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==
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[4]
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Patient: I'm in a hospital! Why am I in here?
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Doctor: You've had an accident involving a train.
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Patient: What happened?
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Doctor: Well, I've got some good news and some bad news. Which would
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you like to hear first?
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Doctor: Your legs were injured so badly that we had to amputate both
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of them.
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Patient: That's terrible! What's the good news?
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Doctor: There's a guy in the next ward who made a very good offer on
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your slippers.
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==
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[5]
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Doctor: I have some good news and I have some bad news, which shall I
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tell first?
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Patient: Do begin with the bad news, please.
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Doctor: All Right. Your son has drowned, your daughter has been raped,
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your wife has divorced you, your house got blown away, and you
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have AIDS."
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Patient: Good grief! What's the good news?
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Doctor: The good news is that there is no more bad news.
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==
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[6]
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Doctor: We need to get these people to a hospital!
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Nurse: What is it?
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Doctor: It's a big building with a lot of doctors, but that's not
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important now!
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==
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[7]
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Doctor: Does it hurt when you do this?
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Patient: Yes.
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Doctor: Well, don't do that.
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==
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[8]
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Doctor: Have you ever had this before?
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Patient: Yes.
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Doctor: Well, you've got it again.
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==
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[9]
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An young man, on his first visit to a big city decides to go visit
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the local whore house. A little while later he starts to feel sick.
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He goes to see a doctor of internal medicine.
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The doctor examines him and says, "Well son, I don't know how to tell
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you this, but you've got a bad case of Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and about
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12 other things I can't spell. I'm afraid I'm going to have to give you
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this medicine. It'll make you get better but it'll also cause your dick
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to shrivel up and disappear. It's going to cost you $1000."
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This doesn't make our friend very happy so he goes and sees a surgeon.
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The surgeon examines him and says "Sorry, but it looks like a nice mix of
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Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and a few other things to boot. Afraid I'm going to
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have to cut your dick off and charge you $2000."
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By this time the guy is desperate so he goes to see a doctor of holistic
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medicine. The doctor examines him and comes to essentially the same
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conclusion as the other doctors: an advanced case of V.D. However, his
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approach to the problem is designed to save the patient unnecessary expense,
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trauma, and worry: "Look, just go home and eat lots of good food, get plenty
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of rest, and gets lots of sunshine and fresh air. Wait about two weeks and
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your dick will fall off all by itself."
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==
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[10]
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A woman goes to a doctor with a problem.
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She's sat on the chair next to the doctor, and she's very
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hesitant about describing her problem. Eventually the doctor
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manages to discover that she thinks she may be sexually
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perverted.
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"What sort of perversion are you talking about?" asks the doctor.
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"Well," said the woman, "I like to be ... ohh ... ah ... ummm ...
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I'm sorry doctor, but I'm too ashamed to talk about it."
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"Come, come, my dear. I'm a doctor you know; I've been trained
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to understand these problems. So what's the matter ...?"
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So the woman again tried to explain, but got so embarrassed that
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she just turned bright red and looked as though she might faint.
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It was then the doctor had a bright idea. "Look," he said, "I'm
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a bit of a pervert myself. So if you show me what your perversion
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is, I'll show you what mine is. Ok? Is it a deal?"
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The woman considered the offer, and after a short while agreed
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that it was a fair request. So after a slight pause she said:
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"Well my perversion is ... my perversion ... oh ... I like to
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be kissed on the bottom!"
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"Shit Is that ALL!" said the doctor. "Look, go behind that screen,
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take all your clothes off, and I'll come round and show you what MY
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perversion is! Hee Hee!"
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So the woman does as she is told, and undresses behind the screen.
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She gets down on all fours thinking to herself, "Hmmmm, perhaps he
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might kiss me on the bum."
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Anyway, 15 minutes pass and nothing has happened. So the woman peers
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around the side of the screen to see the doctor sitting behind his desk,
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his feet up on the table, reading a newspaper and whistling to himself.
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"Hey!" shouted the woman, "I thought you said you were a pervert?"
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"Oh I am," said the doctor, "I've just shit in your handbag."
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==
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[11]
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The patient shook his doctor's hand in gratitude and said, "Since we are
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the best of friends, I would not want to insult you by offering payment.
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But I would like for you to know that I had mentioned you in my will."
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"That is very kind of you," said the doctor emotionally, and then added,
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"Can I see that prescription I just gave you? I'd like to make a little
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change..."
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==
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[12]
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A man suffering from a severe case of flatulence goes to the doctor.
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Man: Doctor, I have a terrible (FARRRT!) problem. I just can't (FFFART!!)
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stop farting.
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Doctor: That is an unusual complaint. Take off your clothes and lay, stomach
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down, on the couch.
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The man does as he is told. The doctor examines him for a minute - the man
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farting all the time.
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Doctor: Ah ha! This should be easy to cure. Excuse me for a moment.
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The doctor goes over to a closet and pulls out a long pole with a sharp
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spike at one end.
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Man: (FAART!) Oh my God! (fart..) What are you going to do with
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(FFFARTT!!) that ?!
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Doctor: I need to open a window.
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==
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[13]
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There are three Jewish mothers bragging about their sons. The first one
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says "My son is very successful. He is the best lawyer in New York City."
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The second one says "My son has done better than that. He is the best
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Doctor in New York City." The third one says "My son has not done that well.
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He does not have a very good job, and he is homosexual. But he has these two
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great boyfriends....One is the best lawyer in New York City, and the other
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is the best doctor in the city."
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==
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[14]
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"HOW DID IT HAPPEN?" the doctor asked the middle-aged
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farmhand as he set the man's broken leg.
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"Well, doc, 25 years ago ..."
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"Never mind the past. Tell me how you broke your leg this
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morning."
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"Like I was saying...25 years ago, when I first started
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working on the farm, that night, right after I'd gone to bed, the
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farmer's beautiful daughter came into my room. She asked me if
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there was anything I wanted.
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I said no, everything is fine. "Are you sure?", she asked.
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"I'm sure, I said.
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"Isn't there anything I can do for you?" she wanted to
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know. "I reckon not" I replied ...
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"Excuse me," said the doctor, "What does this story have to
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do with your leg?"
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"Well, this morning," the farmhand explained, "when it dawned
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on me what she meant, I fell off the roof!"
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==
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[15]
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There was two businessmen, whose names happened to be Mr Turtle and Mr
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Carrot, and one day as they were coming back from lunch Mr Turtle says
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to Mr Carrot, "You know, you're getting fat", to which Mr Carrot says
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"You're not so slim yourself!". So Mr Turtle says "Ok, we'll see who
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is the least fit, race you back to the office" So the race starts, and
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they'd only got about a block down the street when Mr Turtle crosses
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the road in front of a car and gets bowled. Mr Carrot sees that he's
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in a pretty bad way, so he rushes to the phone and calls Mr Cabbage,
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the ambulance driver. Mr Cabbage duly arrives and piles Mr Turtle
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into the Ambulance and rushes to hospital. Mr Turtle follows and as
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soon as he gets to the Hospital he asks the nurse at Accident and
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Emergency, Miss Cauliflower, whether he will be alright. "Miss
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Cauliflower, Miss Cauliflower, will Mr Turtle be alright?" she replies
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"Well, i couldn't really say, you'll have to ask Dr Bean". So he
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rushes over to Doctor Bean and says, "Doctor Bean, Doctor Bean, will
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Mr Turtle be alright?" and the Doctor says "Well, I wouldn't like to
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say, you'd best ask the specialist, Doctor Pea", so of course, Mr
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Carrot rushes over to Doctor Pea and says "Doctor Pea, Doctor Pea,
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will Mr Turtle be alright?", and Doctor Pea says "I've done all I can
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for him, it's all in the hands of the Surgeon, Dr Turnip" So Mr Carrot
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waits outside the surgery for 3 hours until they have finished the
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operation, and rushes up to Dr Turnip and says "Doctor Turnip, Doctor
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Turnip, will Mr Turtle be alright?" and Dr Turnip turns to him and
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says "We did all we could, but I'm afraid he'll be a vegetable for the
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rest of his life..."
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==
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[16]
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One night in the pub, the publican is lamenting the fact that business
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is so quiet on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. As he moans to some of the
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regulars a stranger, dressed in a tweed jacket and wearing glasses wanders
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over and says, "I'm sorry, but I couldn't help overhearing your conversation.
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I'm a doctor at the lunatic asylum up the road and I'm trying to integrate
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some of the more sane individuals into the community. Why don't I bring some
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of my patients along, say next Tuesday. You'll have some customers and my
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patients will have a night out."
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Well, the publican isn't sure but the thought of more paying customers on a
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quiet night appeals, so he agrees. So, the following Tuesday the guy in the
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tweed jacket and glasses shows up with about ten lunatics. He says to the
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publican, "Give them whatever they want, put it on a tab and I'll settle up
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at closing time."
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The publican has a great time selling loads of drinks and encouraging the
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loonies to eat crisps and peanuts. The loonies have a great time, getting
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drunk but they behave themselves. At closing time the publican adds up the
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bill and it comes to just over a hundred pounds! The guy with the glasses
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and the tweed jacket starts to organize the loonies ready to take them back
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to the asylum. Finally he comes over and asks for the bill. The publican,
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feeling that he's charged them rather a lot and feeling he should do his
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bit to help these poor unfortunate people gives him a discount. "Its eighty
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quid," he says.
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The guy in the tweed jacket smiles and says, "That's fine. Have you got
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change for a dustbin lid?"
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==
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[17]
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A doctor on his rounds in a mental hospital sees a couple of patients
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behaving rather strangely. The first man is sitting on the edge of his
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bed clutching an imaginary steering wheel and making loud noises not
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unlike a Kenworth...VRROOOOM,VRRROOOOMM,....SCREEEECH.......
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"What are you doing?" enquires the doctor.
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"I'm taking this road train down to Barcelona," replies the ex-trucker.
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Somewhat taken aback but not to be put off the doctor moves on to the
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next bed where he can see some very energetic activity going on underneath
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the covers. On pulling them back he finds a man totally naked face down
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into the mattress.
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"And what are you doing?" asks the doctor, a little perplexed.
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"Well," pants the man, "While he's in Barcelona I'm f*****g his wife."
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==
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[18a]
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A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doc, I would like to live very long.
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What should I do?"
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"I think that is a wise decision," the doctor replies. "Let's see, do
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you smoke?"
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"Oh.. half a pack a day."
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"Starting NOW, no more smoking."
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The man agrees. The doctor then asks, "Do you drink?"
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"Oh, well Doc, not much, just a bit of wine with my meals, and a beer
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or two every once in a while."
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"Starting now, you drink only water. No exceptions."
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The man is a bit upset, but also agrees. The doctor asks, "How do you eat?"
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"Oh, well, you know, Doc, normal stuff."
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"Starting now you are going on a very strict diet: you are going to eat
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only raw vegetables, with no dressing, and non-fat cottage cheese."
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The man is now really worried. "Doc, is all this really necessary?"
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"Do you want to live long?"
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"Yes."
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"Absolutely necessary. And don't even think of breaking the diet."
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The man is quite restless, but the doctor continues, "Do you have sex?"
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"Yeah, once a week or so..., only with my wife!" he adds hurriedly.
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"As soon as you get out of here you are going to buy twin beds. No more
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sex for you. None."
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The man is appalled.
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"Doc... are you sure I'm going to live longer this way?"
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"I have no idea, but whatever you live, I assure you is going to seem
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like an eternity!"
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*OR*
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[18b]
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A guy goes to his doctor and is told that he has 6 months to live.
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"6 months!!" he exclaimed. "What am I supposed to do in only 6 months?"
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His doctor told him, "Marry a JAP and move to Montana."
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"Why?" the guy asked.
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"Because 6 months will seem like an eternity!"
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==
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[19]
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An elderly woman went into the doctor's office. When the doctor asked why
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she was there, she replied, "I'd like to have some birth control pills."
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Taken aback, the doctor thought for a minute and then said, "Excuse me,
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Mrs. Smith, but you're 75 years old. What possible use could you have for
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birth control pills?"
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The woman responded, "They help me sleep better."
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The doctor thought some more and continued, "How in the world do birth
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control pills help you to sleep?"
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The woman said, "I put them in my granddaughter's orange juice and I sleep
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better at night."
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==
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[20]
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One night, as a couple lay down for bed, the husband gently taps his
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wife on the shoulder and starts rubbing her arm. The wife turns
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over and says "I'm sorry honey, I've got a gynecologist appointment
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tomorrow."
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The husband, rejected, turns over and tries to sleep. Later, he rolls
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back over and taps his wife again. This time he wispers in her ear,
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"Do you have a dentist appointment tomorrow too?".
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==
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[21]
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A man and a woman were waiting at the hospital donation center.
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Man: "What are you doing here today?"
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Woman: "Oh, I'm here to donate some blood. They're going to give me
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$5 for it."
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Man: "Hmm, that's interesting. I'm here to donate sperm, myself.
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But they pay me $25."
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The woman looked thoughtful for a moment and they chatted some more
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before going their separate ways.
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Several months later, the same man and woman meet again in the
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donation center.
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Man: "Oh, hi there! Here to donate blood again?"
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Woman: [shaking her head with mouth closed] "Unh unh."
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==
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[22]
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A veterinarian was feeling ill and went to see her doctor.
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The doctor asked her all the usual questions, about symptoms,
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how long had they been occurring, etc., when she interrupted him:
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"Hey look, I'm a vet -- I don't need to ask my patients these kind
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of questions: I can tell what's wrong just by looking. Why can't you?"
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The doctor nodded, looked her up and down, wrote out a prescription,
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and handed it to her and said, "There you are. Of course, if *that*
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doesn't work, we'll have to have you put down."
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==
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[23]
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While doing a vasectomy, the doctor slipped and cut off one of the
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man's balls. To avoid a huge malpractice suit, he decides to
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replace the missing ball with an onion.
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Several weeks later, the patient returned for a checkup.
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"How's your sex life?" the doctor asked.
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"Pretty good," the man said, to the doctor's relief. But then he
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added, "I've had some strange side effects."
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"What's that that?" the doctors asked anxiously.
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"Well, every time I piss my eyes water. When my wife gives me a
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blow job she gets heartburn. And every time I pass a hamburger
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stand I get a hard-on".
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==
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[24]
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In my hometown a well known rich businessman's wife broke her
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hip. The businessman got the best bone surgeon in town to do the
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operation. The operation consisted of lining up the broken hip
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and putting in a screw to secure it.
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The operation went fine, and the doctor sent the business man a
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fee for his services of $5000. The businessman was outraged at
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the cost, and sent the doctor a letter demanding an itemized list
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of the costs. The doctor sent back a list with two things:
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1 screw $ 1
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knowing how to put it in $4999
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-----
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$5000
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The businessman never argued.
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==
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[25]
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A woman goes to her doctor who verifies that she is pregnant.
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This is her first pregnancy. The doctor asks her if she has
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any questions. She replies, "Well, I'm a little worried about
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the pain. How much will childbirth hurt?"
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The doctor answered, "Well, that varies from woman to woman and
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pregnancy to pregnancy and besides, it's difficult to describe pain."
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"I know, but can't you give me some idea?," she asks.
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"Grab your upper lip and pull it out a little..."
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"Like this?"
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"A little more..."
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"Like this?"
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"No. A little more...
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"Like this?"
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"Yes. Does that hurt?"
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"A little bit."
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"Now stretch it over your head!"
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==
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[26]
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Then there's the woman who goes to the dentist. As he leans over to
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begin working on her, she grabs his balls. The dentist says, "Madam,
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I believe you've got a hold of my privates." The woman replies,
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"Yes. We're going to be careful not to hurt each other, aren't we."
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==
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[27]
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A woman is laying on a gurney out in the hall prior to going to surgery.
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As she lays there, a man in white coat comes by, lifts up the sheet,
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and then leaves. This happens a second time. The third time this
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happens she say "Doctor, am I going into surgery soon?" The man
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replied, "Don't ask me lady. I'm just a painter!"
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==
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[28]
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"Doctor, don't cut so deep. That's the third operating table
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you've ruined this month!"
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==
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[29]
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An 80 year woman married an 85 year old man. After about 6
|
|
months together the woman wasn't feeling well and she went
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to her doctor. The doctor examined and said, "Congratulations
|
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Mrs. Jones, you're going to be a mother."
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"Get serious Doctor, I'm 80."
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"I know," said the Doctor, "This morning I would have said it
|
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was impossible, but this afternoon you are a medical miracle."
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"I'll be damned," she replied and stormed out of the office.
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She walked down the hall and around the corner to where the
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telephones were. In a rage, she dialed her husband.
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"Hello" she heard in his familiar halting voice. She screamed,
|
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"You rotten son of a bitch. You got me pregnant!"
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There was a pause on the line. Finally her husband answered
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"Who's calling please?"
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==
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[30]
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There was a country doctor who was the only doctor for miles
|
|
around. He wanted to go on a fishing trip so he called the vet
|
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and asked him to look after things while he was gone. The vet
|
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asked, "Is anything happening?"
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The doctor replied, "Mrs. Jones is about due but I don't think the baby
|
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will come before I get back. Anyway, if it does, just deliver it.
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This is her third and the first two went really easily."
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|
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The vet said "OK" and the doctor went on the fishing trip. When
|
|
he returned, he called the vet. "How did things go while I was
|
|
gone?"
|
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"Pretty good."
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"Did Mrs. Jones have her baby?"
|
|
"Yes, it was a 8 pound boy. Everyone's doing fine."
|
|
"Did you have any trouble?"
|
|
"Well, there was just one little problem."
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"What was that?"
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"I had a terrible time getting her to eat the afterbirth!"
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==
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[31]
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In recent discussions on today's serious diseases, one of the most serious
|
|
has been neglected: anneurisms. Although it is more properly categorized
|
|
as an event (like a heart attack) than a disease, there are many variations
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which many people not be aware of:
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* People at sporting events frequently suffer from Fanneurisms.
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* Baseball fans in particular have Stan-the-manneurisms.
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* People from Southern California have Tanneurisms while
|
|
* people from New Jersey have Rosanne-rosannadanneurisms.
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* Buddhist monks often have Yin-Yanneurisms and
|
|
* overweight people suffer from Fat-in-the-canneurisms.
|
|
* On the highway, people get Vanneurisms but
|
|
* truckers uniquely suffer from Carrivanneurisms.
|
|
* Japanese movie fans have Rodanneurisms.
|
|
* Much of the middle class suffer from Suburbanneurisms.
|
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* Woman most often have Manneurisms while
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* men usually have Womanneurisms.
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==
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[32]
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|
One day John's tennis elbow was acting up and he decided to stop in and
|
|
see a doctor. When he got to the doctor's office the nurse told him he
|
|
could see the doctor in 15 minutes but, first he'd have to give a urine
|
|
sample. John said that this was absurd but, the nurse insisted and John
|
|
complied. 15 minutes later, John was ushered in to see the doctor.
|
|
|
|
"So that tennis elbow is really acting up, huh?" the doctor said.
|
|
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|
"The nurse must have told you," said John, wondering how the Doctor knew.
|
|
|
|
"No. It was in your urinalysis." and the doctor continued to say that
|
|
he had just purchased this new machine that could diagnose every physical
|
|
condition with total accuracy. John didn't believe a word of this but
|
|
he did agree to provide another urine sample on check-up visit.
|
|
|
|
Two days later, John was sitting at the kitchen table with his wife and
|
|
his teenage daughter. He was telling them about this ridiculous machine.
|
|
When John decided to have a little fun with the doctor. John pissed in
|
|
the bottle as did his wife and teenage daughter. Then while walking to
|
|
his garage he had a brainstorm. John put a few drops of oil from his
|
|
crankcase in the jar and finally beat off and put a few drops of semen in
|
|
the jar. He drove to the doctors office, shook the bottle, then handed it
|
|
to the nurse. This time his urinalysis took half an hour. Finally, John
|
|
was ushered in to see the doctor.
|
|
|
|
The doctor looked at him and said, "I've got some bad news, smartass.
|
|
Your daughter is pregnant, your wife's got V.D., your car is about to
|
|
through a rod, and if you don't stop beating off that tennis elbow is
|
|
never gonna heal!"
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[33]
|
|
Q: How many pre-meds does it take to screw in a light bulb?
|
|
A: Three. One to hold the light bulb, and two to pull out the chair
|
|
from under him!
|
|
A: None: premeds don't screw, they study.
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[34]
|
|
"The doctor said he would have me on my feet in two weeks."
|
|
"And did he?"
|
|
"Yes, I had to sell the car to pay the bill."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[35]
|
|
A notorious hypochondriac who had established himself as the like and soul
|
|
of most dinner parties with outlandish descriptions of various ailments,
|
|
sat through one evening scarcely saying a word.
|
|
|
|
"What's the matter?" asked the hostess, "Don't tell me it's so awful you
|
|
can't even talk about it."
|
|
|
|
"It's not that," replied the guest. "It's just that I went to a new
|
|
doctor this morning and he cured all my topics of conversation."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[36]
|
|
A Cold is both positive and negative; sometimes the eyes have it,
|
|
sometimes the nose.
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[37]
|
|
A patient suffering from insomnia was told by her doctor to be sure
|
|
that she never went to bed on an empty stomach, but always had something to
|
|
eat first.
|
|
|
|
"But, once you told me never to eat before going to bed," replied the
|
|
puzzled patient."
|
|
|
|
"That was last year," her doctor reassured her, "Medicine has made
|
|
enormous advances since then."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[38]
|
|
A recently graduated GP prescribed some suppositories for one of his less
|
|
erudite patients, telling him to insert one in his rectum each morning
|
|
and evening and to come back a week later. At the next consultation, it was
|
|
obvious that the man had not followed the doctor's instructions. "Have you
|
|
been doing what I told you?" asked the doctor.
|
|
"'Course I have."
|
|
"Inserting them into your rectum?"
|
|
"Yes"
|
|
"Are you sure?"
|
|
"Yes ... what do you expect me to do, stick them up me bloody ass."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[39]
|
|
"What kind of job do you do?" a lady passenger asked the man traveling
|
|
in her compartment.
|
|
|
|
"I'm a naval surgeon," he replied.
|
|
|
|
"Goodness!" said the lady, "How you doctors specialize these days."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[40]
|
|
The resident began his examination of an Elderly man by asking him
|
|
what brought him to the hospital. The man replied, "An ambulance."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
|
|
[41]
|
|
You've heard the definition of a drug: any substance which, when
|
|
injected into a laboratory animal, produces a publication.
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[42]
|
|
Not long ago, a teaching hospital installed a computer to interview
|
|
patients visiting its Gynecology department. Apparently several of the
|
|
programmers were not familiar with Medicine. One of the questions it asked
|
|
was, "Are you having your monthly period now?" If the answer was 'yes', the
|
|
computer would sent the woman away and make a new appointment -- in four
|
|
weeks time. (Think about that one for a minute.)
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[43]
|
|
It is said that the Limbic system of the brain controls the four Fs:
|
|
Feeding, Fighting, Fleeing, and Reproduction.
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[44]
|
|
It is recounted that at King's College in the Strand around the time of
|
|
the war, the Chief of Services would inevitably begin the year's rounds
|
|
by teaching "a singularly important principle of medicine." He asked a nurse
|
|
to fetch him a sample of Urine. He then talked at length about Diabetes
|
|
mellitus. "Diabetes," he said, "is a greek name; but the Romans noticed that
|
|
the bees like the urine of diabetics, so they added the word mellitus which
|
|
means sweet as honey. Well, as you know, you may find sugar in the urine of
|
|
a diabetic ... " By now the nurse had returned with a sample of urine which
|
|
the registrar promptly held up like a trophy. We stared at that straw
|
|
colored fluid as if we had never seen such a thing before. The registrar
|
|
then startled us.
|
|
|
|
He dipped a finger boldly into the urine, then licked his finger with the
|
|
tip of his tongue. As if tasting wine, he opened and closed his lips
|
|
rapidly. Could he perhaps detect a faint taste of sugar? The sample was
|
|
passed on to us for an opinion. We all dipped a finger into the fluid,
|
|
all of us foolishly licked that finger.
|
|
|
|
"Now," said the Registrar grinning, "You have learned the first principle
|
|
of diagnosis. I mean the power of observation." We were baffled. We stood
|
|
near the sluice room outside the ward, and in the distance, some anonymous
|
|
patient was explosively coughing. "You see," the registrar said continuing
|
|
triumphantly, "I dipped my MIDDLE finger into the urine, but licked my
|
|
INDEX finger -- not like all you chaps.
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[45]
|
|
Bernard was a young eighty-three, not a gomer, and able to talk. He'd been
|
|
transferred from MBH (Man's Best Hospital), the House's Rival. Founded in
|
|
Colonial times by the WASPs, the insemination of MBH by non-WASPs had taken
|
|
place only mid-twentieth century with the token multidextrous Oriental
|
|
surgeon and finally, with the token red-hot internal-medicine Jew. Yet,
|
|
MBH was still Brooks Brothers, while the House was still the Garment
|
|
District. For Jews at MBH the password was "Dress British, Think Yiddish."
|
|
|
|
It was rare to get a TURF from the MBH to the House, and the Fat Man was
|
|
curious. "Bernard, you went to the MBH, they did a great work-up, and you
|
|
told them, after they got done, you wanted to be transferred here. Why?"
|
|
|
|
"I rilly don't know," said Bernard.
|
|
|
|
"Was it the doctors there? The doctors you didn't like?"
|
|
|
|
"The doctus? Nah, the doctus I can't complain."
|
|
|
|
"The test or the room?"
|
|
|
|
"The tests or the room? Vell, nah, about them I can't complain."
|
|
|
|
"The nurses? The food?" asked Fats. But Bernard shook his head no.
|
|
|
|
Fats laughed and said, "Listen , Bernie, you went to the MBH, they did
|
|
this great workup, and when I asked you shy you came to the House of God,
|
|
all you tell me is, 'Nah, I can't complain.' So why did you come here?
|
|
Why, Bernie, why?"
|
|
|
|
"Vhy I come heah? Vell, said Bernie, "Heah I can complain."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[46]
|
|
Laws of the House of God
|
|
|
|
I GOMERS(*) DON'T DIE.
|
|
II GOMERS GO TO GROUND.
|
|
III AT A CARDIAC ARREST, THE FIRST
|
|
PROCEDURE IS TO TAKE YOUR OWN PULSE.
|
|
IV THE PATIENT IS THE ONE
|
|
WITH THE DISEASE.
|
|
V PLACEMENT COMES FIRST.
|
|
VI THERE IS NO BODY CAVITY THAT
|
|
CANNOT BE REACHED WITH A #14
|
|
NEEDLE AND A GOOD STRONG ARM.
|
|
VII AGE + BUN = LASIX DOSE.
|
|
VIII THEY CAN ALWAYS HURT YOU MORE.
|
|
IX THE ONLY GOOD ADMISSION
|
|
IS A DEAD ADMISSION.
|
|
X IF YOU DON'T TAKE A TEMPERATURE,
|
|
YOU CAN'T FIND A FEVER.
|
|
XI SHOW ME A BMS(**) WHO ONLY TRIPLES
|
|
MY WORK AND I WILL KISS HIS FEET.
|
|
XII IF THE RADIOLOGY RESIDENT
|
|
AND THE BMS BOTH SEE A
|
|
LESION ON THE CHEST X-RAY,
|
|
THERE CAN BE NO LESION THERE.
|
|
XIII THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL CARE IS
|
|
TO DO AS MUCH NOTHING AS POSSIBLE.
|
|
|
|
(*) Acronym for 'Get Out of My Emergency Room' - you'll have to read the
|
|
book for the true effect.
|
|
(**) BMS: a third year medical student on his ward clerkship, particularly
|
|
on from 'Best Medical School'.
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[47]
|
|
In "Pissing in the Snow: Ozark Mountain Folktales", Vance Randolph tells
|
|
of a wizened old country doctor who could treat anything. Well it seems
|
|
one time, one of the mountain folk came into his office with three
|
|
complaints. "Doc," he said, "I can't taste nothin', I can't tell the truth,
|
|
and I can't remember nothin' besides."
|
|
|
|
Well the old Doc thought about this for a minute and went back into the
|
|
apothecary, and made of two capsules full with cow hooey, and gave them
|
|
both to the man, and telling him to take one immediately, chewing well.
|
|
|
|
Well, the man did as he was told, bit down and started chawing, then
|
|
yelled out, "Yeachhhhh... this stuff tastes like shee-it."
|
|
|
|
"Uh huh," the doctor said, "Well I see that you can taste, and you're
|
|
certainly telling the truth now. And the next time that you're memory
|
|
is acting up, just take the other pill."
|
|
|
|
And the old Doc charged the man fifteen bucks and sent him on his way,
|
|
and never did hear no trouble from him much after that.
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[48]
|
|
There are several kinds of doctors, and it is told that they can be
|
|
differentiated by the following method:
|
|
-General Practitioners know nothing and do little.
|
|
-Surgeons know little and do everything.
|
|
-Internists knows everything and do nothing.
|
|
-Pathologists know everything and can do everything, but it's
|
|
usually too late.
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[49]
|
|
Everywhere this lady went nobody wanted to talk to her, no one ever asked
|
|
her to go out. Guys came up to her and turned away. She wondered why this
|
|
would happen. So she went to her doctor and told him what was going on.
|
|
She thought that maybe there was a problem with her. The doctor told her
|
|
he would give her a complete exam. He told her to undress and get up on
|
|
the table, so she did. He told her to open her mouth and he checked it.
|
|
Then he asked her to get down from the table and bend over. He then said
|
|
to the lady, "Know what your problem is, you have zactly." The lady then
|
|
asked, "What is zactly?" The doctor said, "Lady your mouth smells zactly
|
|
like your ass."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[50]
|
|
After much soul-searching and having determined the husband was infertile,
|
|
the childless couple decided to try artificial insemination. When the
|
|
woman showed up at the clinic, she was told to undress from the waist
|
|
down, get on the table and place her feet in the stirrups.
|
|
|
|
She was feeling rather awkward about the entire procedure when the doctor
|
|
came in. Her anxiety was not diminished by the sight of him pulling down
|
|
his pants!
|
|
|
|
"Wait a minut! What the hell is going on here?" yelped the woman, pulling
|
|
herself into a sitting position.
|
|
|
|
"Don't you want to get pregnant?" asked the doctor.
|
|
|
|
"Well, yes, I do," answered the woman.
|
|
|
|
"Then lie back and spread 'em," replied the doctor. "We're all out
|
|
of the bottled stuff. You'll just have to settle for what's on tap."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[51]
|
|
This lady has delivered a baby but unfortunately her husband was out on a
|
|
business tour. When he returned, he rushed to the hospital to see the baby.
|
|
The nurse led him to a room where a couple of babies were lying on a bed.
|
|
One of them was chubby while the other was skinny.
|
|
|
|
He asks the nurse pointing to the skinny one, "Is that my baby??"
|
|
|
|
The nurse replies, "No, no, the other one's yours. And you know this one
|
|
is a product of artificial insemination.
|
|
|
|
"Just as I had heard, spare the rod and spoil the child!!"
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[52]
|
|
This German guy wants to marry this Polish lady, but Poland has a law that
|
|
you have to be Polish in order to marry someone that is Polish, so, in other
|
|
words, he'd have to have 50% of his brain removed.
|
|
|
|
So he goes to his doctor and says, "I've just GOT to marry this woman,
|
|
I love her so much..."
|
|
|
|
So the doctor says, "Well, it's risky, but okay." So into the operating room
|
|
they go...
|
|
|
|
Later, when the German guy wakes up, the doctor comes in and says, "We
|
|
are VERRRRRYYYY sorry, but we accidentally removed 75% of your brain instead
|
|
of 50%."
|
|
|
|
The guy looks up and says, "Mama Mia!"
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[53]
|
|
"You're so ugly, when you were born, the doctor turned you over and thought
|
|
he had twins."
|
|
|
|
"You're so ugly that when you were born, the doctor spanked your mom."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[54]
|
|
Did you hear? Ray Charles was involved in a car accident last Friday.
|
|
Ray, in shock, was taken to the hospital. Because of severe injuries, the
|
|
left leg had to be amputated.
|
|
|
|
Later on, when Ray regained consciousness, the doctor said "Ray, I have some
|
|
good news and some bad news."
|
|
|
|
"Doc, give me the bad news first."
|
|
|
|
"We had to amputate your left leg," said the doctor.
|
|
|
|
"Oh....What's the good news?" asked Ray.
|
|
|
|
"YOU GOT THE RIGHT ONE, BABY, UH HUH!"
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[55]
|
|
Mary had a little lamb
|
|
The doctors were astounded
|
|
And everywhere that Mary went
|
|
Gynecologists surrounded.
|
|
|
|
When Mary had a little lamb,
|
|
The doctors were surprised;
|
|
When Old MacDonald had a farm,
|
|
The doctors nearly died.
|
|
|
|
[56]
|
|
This guy decides to get a sex change. So he goes to the doctors and has
|
|
the thing done. A couple of weeks later he was talking to one of his old
|
|
buddies about it. "Gee, it must have really hurt when they shot all that
|
|
silicon into your chest to make your breasts." "Not really, I hardly felt
|
|
it." "Well, it must have really hurt when they chopped off your manhood!"
|
|
|
|
"Nope, I didn't really feel it either. The only thing that really hurt
|
|
was when they drilled a hole in my skull and sucked out half my brain."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[57]
|
|
Why do doctors spank new-borns?
|
|
So the balls fall off the dumb ones!
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[58]
|
|
A woman goes to the hospital to visit a girlfriend who is about to
|
|
have a heart transplant. She's worried about the friend so she asks
|
|
the doctor:
|
|
|
|
Girlfriend: I'm worried about my friend doc, what if her body rejects
|
|
the organ?
|
|
|
|
Doctor: Well she's 36 years old and healthy. How long has she been
|
|
in business?
|
|
|
|
Girlfriend: She's been working since she was 19 years old but what does
|
|
that have to do with anything?
|
|
|
|
Doctor: Well she's been working 17 years and hasn't rejected an
|
|
organ yet!
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[59]
|
|
Patient: "Doctor, there's a tulip growing from my ears."
|
|
Doctor: "That's the strangest thing I have ever heard."
|
|
Patient: "Yes indeed, I've been planting radishes!"
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[60]
|
|
This guy goes into a doctors and says "Doctor, doctor you've gotta help me.
|
|
I just can't stop having sex!"
|
|
|
|
"Well how often do you have it?" the doctor asks.
|
|
|
|
"Well, twice a day I have sex with my wife, TWICE a day", he answers back.
|
|
|
|
"That's not so much", says the doctor.
|
|
|
|
"Yes, but thats not all. Twice a day I have sex with my secretary, TWICE
|
|
a day," replies the man.
|
|
|
|
"Well that is probably a bit excessive," says the doctor.
|
|
|
|
"Yes, but thats not all. Twice a day I have sex with a prostitute, TWICE
|
|
a day," says the man.
|
|
|
|
"Well, that's definitely to much", says the doctor. "You've got to learn to
|
|
take yourself in hand."
|
|
|
|
"I do", says the man. "Twice a day."
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[61]
|
|
A new arrival, about to enter hospital, saw two white coated doctors
|
|
searching through the flower beds. "Excuse me," he said, "have you
|
|
lost something?"
|
|
|
|
"No," replied one of the doctors. "We're doing a heart transplant for
|
|
an income-tax inspector and want to find a suitable stone."
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==
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[62]
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Comedian's monologue:
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Some of you women have been afraid to get breast augmentations. There are
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problems with the surgery, the risk of infection, silicone slippage, etc.
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We have good news for you. Physicians have just discovered a new process.
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They now have invented a safe operation which makes men's hands smaller.
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==
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[63]
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From the Manchester Guardian Weekly, Oct. 6, 1991
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This dead parrot is difunto
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---------------------------
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By John Hooper in Madrid
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A question left hanging by John Cleese-- what is the value of a dead parrot?--
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has finally been resolved by a Barcelona judge. His honour Antonio Nunio
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de la Rosa has ruled that a dead parrot is worth 150,000 pesetas ($815).
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He was awarding damages to Maria del Carmen Dotras, whose parrot (male,
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green) died, passed away, turned moribund, ceased to exist, and, in short,
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became defunct two years ago in the city's Vall d'Hebron hospital. Ms. Dotras,
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who lives with her mother, had owned the bird for 23 years, since she was 12.
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Her family doctor suspected the parrot might be the cause of an allergy
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her mother had developed. He wanted it to have a blood test, and told her
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it would be better done by a doctor than a vet. This proved not to be the
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case.
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According to Ms. Dotras, the doctors virtually suffocated the bird by
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putting a towel over its head, and took out six times as much blood as they
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were supposed to. Eventually, a consultant ordered it to be put out of its
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misery.
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Ms. Dotras put the dead bird in the freezer, to facilitate an autopsy. In
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fact, the deep freezing made it impossible to determine the cause of death.
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But as Judge Nunio de la Rosa observed in judgement-- passages of which might
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have come from a Monty Python script: "The parrot has been deceased, and
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cannot be revived." He decided the hospital authorities and the doctor
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responsible should pay the sum equivalent to a new bird. He dismissed
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Ms. Dotra's claim for damages of one million pesetas ($5,435). This had been
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based, in part, on th argument that her parrot could talk.
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Drawing a fine distinction that will be of assistance in future, similar
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cases, the judge ruled that it merely "articulated sounds similar to those
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of people." "If the parrot had been able to talk," he reasoned, "it would
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have complained."
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==
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[64]
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What is the proper medical term for the CIRCUMCISION of a rabbit?
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A Hare Cut.
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==
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[65]
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This is a brief introduction to GAG, a new action group designed to help
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out those who are less fortunate than us. Yes, you know who I am talking
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about. Germs. GAG (Germs Are Good), is a group for the protection of
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innocent germs.
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Have you ever thought about the thousands and thousands and thousands of
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Germs you are killing when you take unnecessary medicine? No, I bet you
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haven't. Well, now is the time to take notice.
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GAG will be forming a Political Action Committee (PAC), to lobby for the
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banning of all antibiotics, sterilization equipment and the establishment
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of local neighborhood germ growing areas.
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Addresses and Membership Information will be posted in the next few days.
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Our Creedo... Remember, when you take that medicine, GAG.
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The protection of Germs rights is of the upmost priority. A civilization
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is judged not on it's technical prowess, but on how it treats it's germs.
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==
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[66]
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A group of psychiatrists go to tour an insane asylum that
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is reknowned for their progressive rehabilitation methods.
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They begin by visiting some of the patients.
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The first patient they visit is a young woman. She is
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practicing ballet.
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One of the psychiatrist asks, "What are you doing?"
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She replies, "I'm studying ballet so when I get out of
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here I can possibly join a troupe and be a productive
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member of society."
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"Wow, that's wonderful."
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The next person was a man reading a book with a pile of
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books next to him.
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The same question asked to him, "What are you doing?"
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"I'm studying biology, chemistry, etc. So I can
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enter medical school when I get out"
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|
Room after room they witnessed the incredible success
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and attitudes of the patients. Until they finally
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|
reached a room the asylums director was reluctant to
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open. Finally he was persuaded to open it.
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Inside was a man balancing a peanut on his penis.
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The reaction of the psychiatrist, "My God what are you
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doing?"
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"I'm fucking nuts and I'm never getting out of here"
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==
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[67]
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Heard that Hollywood is making a movie about the dangers of casual sex?
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|
Its called "Germs of Endearment"
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|
==
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|
[68a]
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An American, an Englishman and a Japanese fellow were discussing
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|
their respective countries over drink at a London pub one evening.
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|
The English fellow mentioned how that British medicine had progressed
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so far that doctors recently had taken a single liver and cut it into
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|
six pieces then transplanted it into six separate men in need of a healthy
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|
liver. This had resulted in six new workers in the job market.
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|
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|
At this, the Japanese guy said that in his country doctors had cut a
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|
lung into twelve pieces, transplanted these into twelve people in need
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|
of healthy lungs, thereby putting twelve new people in the job market.
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|
|
|
Not to be outdone, the American said "That's nothing. In the U.S., we
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|
took one asshole, made it President, and now there are 10 million people
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|
in the market for a job!"
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|
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|
*OR*
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|
[68b]
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|
Three men sitting around a campfire telling stories. The conversation
|
|
turns to medical miracles:
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|
First man: There's a guy who lives up the street from me who used to
|
|
work in construction. One day last year his hand got run over by a
|
|
bulldozer. Whatever those doctors did, it's really amazing - today
|
|
he's a concert pianist.
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|
|
|
Second man: That's nothing. I knew a guy in college - laziest bum I
|
|
ever knew. He was really fat and out of shape. He was trying to
|
|
hitch a ride one day and got hit by a truck. Broke nearly every damn
|
|
bone in his body. Somehow they put him back together better than he
|
|
was before. Now he's a triathlete and he's planning to try out for
|
|
the Olympics.
|
|
|
|
Third man: Yeah, well I knew this poor retarded kid. He couldn't do a
|
|
whole lot, but someone at the dynamite factory got charitable and gave
|
|
him a job as a stockboy. Anyways, he's working in the warehouse one
|
|
day and gets locked in. It's dark and he can't find the door. Not
|
|
being too bright, he lit a match to try and find his way. The whole
|
|
place exploded. All they could find of him was his asshole and his
|
|
eyebrows. From that little bit they were able to put him back
|
|
together and that kid became governor of Massachusetts.
|
|
==
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|
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|
[69]
|
|
There was a businessman, and he was feeling really crook, and he went
|
|
to see the Doctor about it. The doctor says to him "Well, it must be
|
|
your diet, what sort of greens do you eat?" and the man replies "Well,
|
|
actually, I only eat peas, i hate all other green foods". The doctor
|
|
was quite shocked at this and says "Well man, that's your problem, all
|
|
those peas will be clogging up your system, you'll have to give them
|
|
up!!". The guy says "But how long for, i mean i really like peas!"
|
|
and the doctor replies "Forever, i'm afraid". The man is quite
|
|
shocked by this, but he gives it a go and sure enough, his condition
|
|
improves, so he realises that he will never eat a pea again. Anyway,
|
|
one night, years later, he's at a convention for his employer and
|
|
getting quite sloshed and one of the reps says "Well, ashully, i'd
|
|
love a cigarette, cozi avint ad a smoke in four years, i gave it up".
|
|
Quite a shocker really, and the barman goes, "Really, i haven't had a
|
|
game of golf in 3 years, because it cost me my first marriage, so i
|
|
gave it up!" and the businessman says "Thas nuvving, i haven't ad a
|
|
pea in 6 years" and the barman jumps up screaming "Ok, everyone who
|
|
can't swim, grab a table...."
|
|
==
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|
|
|
[70]
|
|
Medical Terminology for the Layman
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
Artery -- The study of fine paintings
|
|
Barium -- What you do when CPR fails
|
|
Caesarean Section -- A district in Rome
|
|
Colic -- A sheep dog
|
|
Coma -- A punctuation mark
|
|
Congenital -- Friendly
|
|
Dilate -- To live longer
|
|
Fester -- Quicker
|
|
G. I. Series -- Baseball games between teams of soldiers
|
|
Grippe -- A suitcase
|
|
Hangnail -- A coat hook
|
|
Medical Staff -- A doctor's cane
|
|
Minor Operation -- Coal digging
|
|
Morbid -- A higher offer
|
|
Nitrate -- Lower than the day rate
|
|
Node -- Was aware of
|
|
Organic -- Musical
|
|
Outpatient -- A person who has fainted
|
|
Post-operative -- A letter carrier
|
|
Protein -- In favor of young people
|
|
Secretion -- Hiding anything
|
|
Serology -- Study of English knighthood
|
|
Tablet -- A small table
|
|
Tumor -- An extra pair
|
|
Urine -- Opposite of you're out
|
|
Varicose veins -- veins that are close together
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[71]
|
|
A CODE OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOR FOR PATIENTS
|
|
|
|
1. DO NOT EXPECT YOUR DOCTOR TO SHARE YOUR DISCOMFORT.
|
|
Involvement with the patient's suffering might cause him to lose
|
|
valuable scientific objectivity.
|
|
|
|
2. BE CHEERFUL AT ALL TIMES.
|
|
Your doctor leads a busy and trying life and requires all the
|
|
gentleness and reassurance he can get.
|
|
|
|
3. TRY TO SUFFER FROM THE DISEASE FOR WHICH YOU ARE BEING TREATED.
|
|
Remember that your doctor has a professional reputation to
|
|
uphold.
|
|
|
|
4. DO NOT COMPLAIN IF THE TREATMENT FAILS TO BRING RELIEF.
|
|
You must believe that your doctor has achieved a deep insight
|
|
into the true nature of your illness, which transcends any
|
|
mere permanent disability you may have experienced.
|
|
|
|
5. NEVER ASK YOUR DOCTOR TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE IS DOING OR WHY HE IS DOING IT.
|
|
It is presumptuous to assume that such profound matters could be
|
|
explained in terms that you would understand.
|
|
|
|
6. SUBMIT TO NOVEL EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT READILY.
|
|
Though the surgery may not benefit you directly, the resulting
|
|
research paper will surely be of widespread interest.
|
|
|
|
7. PAY YOUR MEDICAL BILLS PROMPTLY AND WILLINGLY.
|
|
You should consider it a privilege to contribute, however modestly,
|
|
to the well-being of physicians and other humanitarians.
|
|
|
|
8. DO NOT SUFFER FROM AILMENTS THAT YOU CANNOT AFFORD.
|
|
It is sheer arrogance to contract illnesses that are beyond your
|
|
means.
|
|
|
|
9. NEVER REVEAL ANY OF THE SHORTCOMINGS THAT HAVE COME TO LIGHT
|
|
IN THE COURSE OF TREATMENT BY YOUR DOCTOR.
|
|
The patient-doctor relationship is a privileged one, and you have a
|
|
sacred duty to protect him from exposure.
|
|
|
|
10. NEVER DIE WHILE IN YOUR DOCTOR'S PRESENCE OR UNDER HIS DIRECT CARE.
|
|
This will only cause him needless inconvenience and embarrassment.
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[72]
|
|
Johnny and Jim are walking through the desert. Suddenly, a snake bites
|
|
Jim's prick! "AAIIIIIII!!" He panics, and John panics. "What can we do?"
|
|
"We should call for a doctor."
|
|
|
|
WHAMMM ! Suddenly, in the middle of the desert, there's a telephone box.
|
|
Johnny goes in, calls a doctor.
|
|
|
|
RING, RING. RING, RING.
|
|
J: My friend is bitten by a snake. What to do?
|
|
D: What kind of snake?
|
|
J: A one meter, green-yellow one.
|
|
D: Aye, aye.
|
|
J: ?
|
|
D: Those are very dangerous.
|
|
J: What can we do?
|
|
D: The only thing you can do, is to suck the poison out. Otherwise
|
|
your friend will be dead within half an hour.
|
|
|
|
Johnny hangs up, goes out off the telephone box. Jim, pale looking
|
|
already, asks what the doctor said.
|
|
|
|
Johnny: You'll be dead within half an hour.
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[73]
|
|
A young mother had just given birth to a new born baby, the nurse was just
|
|
congratulating her, when the doctor came in bouncing the baby from hand to
|
|
hand. The mother looked startled.
|
|
|
|
The doctor then said, "Here catch," and promptly tossed the baby to the
|
|
mother, but it landed on the window ledge and fell out the window. The lady
|
|
shrieked and said, "You bastard, you've killed my baby!"
|
|
|
|
The doctor replied, "April Fool, it was dead already!"
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[74]
|
|
A blond guy visits the hospital.
|
|
|
|
"I want to be castrated!" he demands cheerfully.
|
|
|
|
"Are you sure about this?" the doctor asks. "Have you discussed it with
|
|
your wife?"
|
|
|
|
"Yes, yes! I've thought about this for a long time. Let's get it over with!"
|
|
|
|
So, the operation is performed. Since it's relatively simple, the blond guy
|
|
only has to stay in the hospital for two days. On his way home, he meets a
|
|
friend.
|
|
|
|
"Well, hello! I haven't seen you for a couple of days," his friend says.
|
|
|
|
"No, I've been to the hospital," replies the blond.
|
|
|
|
"Well, that's funny. I'm on my way there right now!"
|
|
|
|
"Really? So, what's up?"
|
|
|
|
"I'm going to be vaccinated."
|
|
|
|
"Oh, shit!! That's what it's called!"
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
[75]
|
|
Two gynecologists meet on a conference. As usual, they tell each other what
|
|
cases they have had the past year.
|
|
1: Well, I have had a patient with breasts, just like melons.
|
|
2: Incredible, so big?
|
|
1: Yes
|
|
2: But I had a patient with a clitoris, just like a lemon.
|
|
1: Waaw, so big?
|
|
2: No, so sour
|
|
==
|
|
|
|
I hope you enjoyed these jokes. If you know anymore please send them
|
|
to me. Thanks to Henry Cate II -- a lot of this stuff is from his
|
|
legendary Life collection.
|
|
|
|
Bob (bobk@gibdo.engr.washington)
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