Wednesday, October 6, 2010

I prefer to check the old fashioned way, thank you

Yesterday Local Radiology Place brought lunch. I wanted to hear about their new MRI, but the sales rep was determined to give Dr. Pissy and I her complete sales pitch about everything. Of course, that covers a lot, so she was talking incredibly fast. At one point she threw out this line:

"Doctors, our new digital mammogram system is extremely accurate at determining the presence or absence of breasts, and is faster than previous methods of doing so."

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  1. I bet it's not faster than my teenage boys with a Victoria's Secret catalog.

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  2. john henry disagrees

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  3. Perhaps she should be a test subject as to the efficiency of MRI scans to detect intelligence.

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  4. Can it figure it out before you pay the cover charge and go into the nightclub? Because that would be really useful.

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  5. "I bet it's not faster than my teenage boys with a Victoria's Secret catalog."

    LOL @ The Mother's 7:20 a.m. comment!

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  6. HOW long does it take to get the patient into the MRI machine? Can't see it winning against a quick grope... Especially in the dark.

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  7. There were previous methods ?

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  8. Obviously she was wearing a Freudian Slip.

    (The Grammar Police (Moose's Laptop Branch) would like to remind you that you determine I or me in a "and" situation by removing "and other." eg: "She talked to Bob and I/me." Remove "Bob and" and you can see that you would never say "She talked to I."

    The Grammar Police thanks you for your care in this matter. :-)

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  9. The Grammar Police (Moose's Laptop Branch) would like to remind you that you determine I or me in a "and" situation by removing "and other.
    The Grammar Police Internal Affairs Division would like to remind you that the indefinite article before a word that begins with a vowel sound is "an", not "a".

    The Internal Affairs Division thanks you for your care in this matter. Ahem.

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  10. I am cheaper than a new MRI. Where can I apply?

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  11. @Moose - So it should have been MRme instead of MRI?

    Just checking,

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  12. I labored as a medical device rep for years, for a time selling breast biopsy devices. A counterpart of mine who sold radiology systems would routinely refer to his devices' lower risk of "Vaso-vaginal" syncope. He did it every time, and every time I just about nose-puked from stifling my laughter.

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  13. Technology never fails to amaze me. I remember in the old days, detection of breasts was done by walking the woman past a team of building site workers ...

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  14. 1143- and here i am having spent a good part of my life causing vasovaginal syncope. guilty as charged.

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  15. There are technologies even more amazing than MRI to detect the presence or absence of breasts: eyes and hands.

    Said rep would need a brain to figure that out. Based on observational anecdotal data obtained while waiting at doctors' offices for appointments and observing numerous drug reps (female reps usually wearing dark short-skirted suits accessorized with very high heels and low-cut blouses), I would submit that said rep possessed breasts.

    Enquiring minds need to know: Does she bring her MRI to Victoria's Secret when she needs new lingerie?

    WV: tiolo - manolo blahnik spinoff that makes special shoes for female drug reps

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  16. Saw this link (http://media.jawdrops.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/OMG_WTF_LOL_249.jpg) and *immediately* flashed back to this post...

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So wadda you think?