April 4, 2008

"You're going to have to go back and suck the poison out."

Posted by pete at April 4, 2008 8:22 PM

Excerpt from a recent visit to the doctor:

Dr. F: So just wear loose fitting shorts for a while. Anything else?
Pete: Nope. Well, actually, I've been getting these twitches around my eye.
Dr. F: Any pain or blurred vision?
Pete: No, it's just like a tic. I thought it had to do with how much time I spend looking at a monitor, but it happens on the weekends sometimes.
Dr. F: Yeah, that's not uncommon.
Pete: How do you treat it?
Dr. F: The usual...get more sleep, cut back on caffeine...
Pete: ...so, you're saying it can't be treated.

I've since discovered that having a couple of extra drinks each night take care of the problem. Take that, Baylor College of Medicine.

Um… not to dismiss your medical acumen, but what problem *isn’t* solved by a couple of extra drinks a night?

--Posted by Scott D. Strader on April 5, 2008 6:38 PM

Cirrhosis
Hepatitis C
Chronic spousal abuse

--Posted by Pete on April 5, 2008 11:10 PM

“Loose fitting shorts,” huh? That’s normally accompanied by ice-packs and days of agonized limping.

I can’t believe we didn’t drunkenly fete your vasectomy.

--Posted by The Thing That Walks Like A Man on April 6, 2008 2:09 AM

Nice try.

--Posted by Pete on April 6, 2008 9:05 AM



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