Occasionally I do a legal deposition. So yesterday I was being questioned by a lawyer. We had this exchange:
Mr. Legal: "Doctor, your note says that the patient's symptoms started one month after his car accident in November, is that correct?"
Dr. Grumpy: "Yes"
Mr. Legal: "So, it would go to assume that his symptoms started in December, correct?".
Dr. Grumpy: "Yes".
Mr. Legal: "Doctor, in your opinion, does December always come after November?"
c'mon Grumpy, what was your smart-ass reply?
ReplyDeleteHey, I just said "yes". I was under oath. And these people take anything you say seriously. It's like the sign at airport security that warns you not to joke.
ReplyDeleteUnbeievable. I'd have probably said (with a straight face)
ReplyDeleteYes, I believe that every year that I have been alive, December has been after November, but I cannot speak for before I was born.....hahaha
Seriously??? Huh. Makes you wonder if they are worth their huge salaries.
ReplyDeleteYou should have said "yes! and always before january!" lawyers are a rare breed lol strange, and i thought med term was tough, ever read a law book?
ReplyDelete~Uro*ma
Yes. Believe it or not, I was actually accepted to both law school and medical school. It was an easy decision.
ReplyDeleteI took the LSAT after a night of heavy drinking, and did quite well. This means something.
Should have referred him to a chronologist..
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of the "Court Jester" books.
ReplyDeleteand then mr.lawyer went on to write Rebecca Black's "Friday"
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