I was on call for the weekend, so Sunday night had the usual check-out call with Dr. Cortex:
Dr. Cortex: "Hello?"
Dr. Grumpy: "Hi, it's Grumpy."
Dr. Cortex: "Okay, let me get my list and a pen..."
Dr. Grumpy: "How was your weekend? You guys do anything?"
Dr. Cortex: "We took the grandkids to the annual air-show, but, one of the planes crashed while landing. They said the pilot was killed and the passenger badly injured. Fortunately, we were at the snack bar when it happened, so Billy and Dolly didn't see it. But it must have been horrible. We left right away."
Dr. Grumpy: "I don't blame you."
Dr. Cortex: "All right, I'm ready for the list. What have you got for me?"
Dr. Grumpy: "Okay. In the ICU, room 37, is a guy with a serious head injury. He was a passenger in a plane at the air show......."
I love it.
ReplyDeleteDr. Cortex is from the Family Circus?
ReplyDeleteThis was Dr. Cortex's chance to be the hero who runs in to treat the injured, yelling "I'm a neurologist!", and he missed it.
ReplyDeleteA different way to achieve karma.
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