April 18th, 2008



The Top 9 Signs Your
Doctor Is Behind the Health Curve


9> Pours whiskey on your oozing wound, then takes a swig.

8> “Have you applied the leeches exactly as I told you to?”

7> He feels that a pound of red meat each day will make your blood good and red.

6> “That would be a dollar fifty, thanks.”

5> “Do I have aides? Of course I do! The nurse, the office manager, the filing clerk…”

4> There’s a jar with a sign, “Have a syringe, leave a syringe. Need a syringe, take a syringe.”

3> Recommends *filtered* cigarettes.

2> “HMO? Who you callin’ gay, jerk?”

and the Number 1 Sign Your Doctor Is Behind the Health Curve…

1> Regularly neglects to overbill Medicaid.




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Credits:

Selected from 34 submissions from 9 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Matt Van Opens, Kenosha. WI — 1 (41st #1!!)
Brandon Eldridge, Seattle, WA — 2, 8
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 3, Topic
Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC — 4, 5
G. Griebenow, Johannesburg, S. Africa — 6, 8
Judith Cottrill, Bronx, NY — 7
Mark Zinck, Grand Rapids, MI — 9
Paul Van Opens, Annapolis, MD — 9
Jill Gallagher, Seattle, WA — Beauty Queen