The Top 10 Creative Ways to Pass
the Time Waiting at Your Doctor’s Office

10> Greet each new patient who joins you in the waiting room with a cheery, “Hi! I have the clap. What’s your problem?”

9> Rearrange your OB-GYN’s office so the exam tables all point towards the doors. Claim it’s a feng shui thing.

8> Make all the people in the “High Blood Pressure and Your Heart” brochures anatomically correct.

7> Got PolarFleece? Dress for examining-room weather: Build a campfire under the table for warmth. Toast marshmallows.

6> Create a wall chart of your symptoms using paper from the roll on the exam table.

5> Two words: Gurney Derby!

4> Organize a specimen cup bowling league.

3> Using tongue depressors, K-Y Jelly and cotton balls, recreate a scale model of Fort Dearborn.

2> Build a model of Santa’s workshop using tongue depressors, cotton balls, and K-Y Jelly.

and the Number 1 Creative Way to Pass the Time Waiting at Your
Doctor’s Office…

1> Organize a game of “Name that Discharge.”

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Credits:

Selected from 33 submissions from 6 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Ruta Baga, France — 1, 4, 10 (Hat trick!)
Barb Padgett, Toledo, OH — 2, 6
Kim Walker-Daniels, Sun Prairie, WI — 3, 5, 9 (Hat trick!)
Ragiel, Kalamazoo, MI — 7
M. Chandler Kelley, Tracy, CA — 8
Echinacea Fartlek, Lentil, KS — Banner Tag, Runner Up list nam
Fran Fruit, Winnetka, IL — List Moderator/Governing Body