tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post1521870524497190016..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Vote Grumpy, 2012!Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-63589682357369351172014-11-16T01:34:46.386-05:002014-11-16T01:34:46.386-05:00Just FYI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_enve...Just FYI<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_envelopemycosyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10160415878334777196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-26160000697182374482012-08-23T16:06:50.786-04:002012-08-23T16:06:50.786-04:00Dear Dr. Grumpy,
Please add "prolly" to ...Dear Dr. Grumpy,<br />Please add "prolly" to the banned list. Is "probably" REALLY that hard to say or spell out? Thanks. By the way, please put me down for one Sandbox T-shirt size Large.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-88466303145992656782012-08-10T14:01:33.587-04:002012-08-10T14:01:33.587-04:00If it wasn't for your blog, I'd forget tha...If it wasn't for your blog, I'd forget that physicians are people inside. Lmao. Are you hiring? Cuz I hate talking to every patient like they are a five year old child. A trucker is a trucker, you better have answers to an engineers 800 irrelevant queries and grandma wants yes or no.AlphaIntrusiveSleepGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132063135620773259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-72512023143720811952012-08-10T09:30:33.594-04:002012-08-10T09:30:33.594-04:00I promise to vote for you if you promise to ban &q...I promise to vote for you if you promise to ban "Join the conversation". If I hear it one more time on NPR or anywhere else,<br /> I swear I'll have to impale my ears with two flaming Q-Tips.Barbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-43135435976997026102012-08-09T18:14:38.570-04:002012-08-09T18:14:38.570-04:00Ban and destroy "impacting." Or the mis...Ban and destroy "impacting." Or the misuse of "Impacted." Please. <br /><br />And the misuse of the useful word, "Impact."<br /><br />Add that to the platform and you have my vote.Ms. Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945753071493117365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-48402295721245059502012-08-08T15:13:17.821-04:002012-08-08T15:13:17.821-04:00Unpack, to refer to anything except a suitcase, as...Unpack, to refer to anything except a suitcase, as in "let's unpack this concept", which, when uttered in a meeting, has me wretching.MedEdDoctorMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07222066404451772491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-82589706792831631412012-08-08T05:11:22.595-04:002012-08-08T05:11:22.595-04:00If you "create a level playing field" (s...If you "create a level playing field" (so we can all be millionaires) and then abolish this monstrosity of a phrase for ever, I'll vote you in for the next 50 years.cliffintokyonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58787123370369029362012-08-08T02:20:41.149-04:002012-08-08T02:20:41.149-04:00You have my vote, even if you don't incorporat...You have my vote, even if you don't incorporate all the other suggested planks in your platform.cfghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09567723656667077614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-83027326072681189442012-08-07T21:26:49.685-04:002012-08-07T21:26:49.685-04:00If it's not too late, I would like to add &quo...If it's not too late, I would like to add "find ourselves" to the list of despicable terms. (As in, once again we "find ourselves" at a critical decision point.) It sounds like we all just woke up from an absence seizure in the middle of a cage of chimps. Most of the time, it's a completely unnecessary intro line, popularized by politicians and dramatic communications majors.<br />-DMEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-68460491922673521052012-08-07T20:03:44.626-04:002012-08-07T20:03:44.626-04:00I want you to "own" your campaign - and ...I want you to "own" your campaign - and get rid of this use of "own"...daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460011312097894940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-12250396805838339952012-08-07T18:11:34.790-04:002012-08-07T18:11:34.790-04:00Wow! Living up to your name with this blog. I'...Wow! Living up to your name with this blog. I'm scared!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-41822059284082961692012-08-07T10:13:58.394-04:002012-08-07T10:13:58.394-04:00Why stop at screaming politicians?
I know of some ...Why stop at screaming politicians?<br />I know of some screaming/foaming religious people who should "benefit" from your proposed laws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-30581531615582777832012-08-07T01:39:00.034-04:002012-08-07T01:39:00.034-04:00So I'm a medic at a volunteer fire department....So I'm a medic at a volunteer fire department. Sometimes we go on technical rescues or water rescues that require us to "reach out" to our patients. Can we file for an exemption so we can continue to "reach out" to our patients? Otherwise, we'll need to find a new way of performing these operations!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-77180425379633553262012-08-06T20:23:51.236-04:002012-08-06T20:23:51.236-04:00I'm with Flo on 'closure', and partial...I'm with Flo on 'closure', and partially agree with Kim. 'Organic' should be strictly a term in chemistry, to refer to carbon-based molecules. Can we also please get rid of 'impact' as a verb, unless we are referring to things crashing into hard objects. 'Impact' should not be used as a synonym for 'affect'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-29348744900271982432012-08-06T20:15:40.085-04:002012-08-06T20:15:40.085-04:00Grumpy:
Yes! Turning verbs into nouns never solve...Grumpy:<br /><br />Yes! Turning verbs into nouns never solved any problems. Please abolish this practice and let verbs exist as verbs as they were meant to do.<br /><br />I'm glad someone finally has a grammatical platform I can agree with.<br /><br />And please abolish "bidness" too while you're at it! OMG!RehabRNhttp://rehabrn.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-36241870464857999762012-08-06T19:00:19.763-04:002012-08-06T19:00:19.763-04:00You won't win, Dr. Grumpy. You need a veep, a...You won't win, Dr. Grumpy. You need a veep, and the only two who would do with your platform are dearly departed: Edwin Newman and Molly Ivins.<br /><br />How I long for a yak herder cum neurologist president who would bring his cabinet to heel by mandating daily grammar and word usage briefings alongside the national security briefings. The daily presser would be mind boggling!<br /><br />Long live dictionaries and Wordnik! (and your platform)PortiaChalifouxhttps://twitter.com/PortiaChalifouxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34708535833312984382012-08-06T17:21:07.631-04:002012-08-06T17:21:07.631-04:00You have my vote, but please note that use of &quo...You have my vote, but please note that use of "Take a listen..." by news people cause automatic channel changing here.Bob@thenesthttp://eaglesnestonline.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-52540556047405601202012-08-06T15:09:44.686-04:002012-08-06T15:09:44.686-04:00Everything everyone said above plus...
Instant de...Everything everyone said above plus...<br /><br />Instant death for anyone that says "Impactful"<br /><br />Instant classic-re Disney... is oxymoronic, like jumbo shrimp..staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872800621811343464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-71341834981564676102012-08-06T14:56:22.055-04:002012-08-06T14:56:22.055-04:00Oh, please add two more to the banned list...I'...Oh, please add two more to the banned list...I'm tired of people who are "dialoguing" when discussing a meeting topic, and those who are "just talking out loud here" when they want to offer their opinions but don't quite dare to express them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-83362390026831567462012-08-06T13:32:50.445-04:002012-08-06T13:32:50.445-04:00"Room" as a verb (very big in medical pr..."Room" as a verb (very big in medical practice transformation circles these days as they move us to a revolutionary new paradigm of health care delivery)southern dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01776088660401232570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-15286069149751897182012-08-06T11:27:44.546-04:002012-08-06T11:27:44.546-04:00Didn't even look at Grumpy over the weekend an...Didn't even look at Grumpy over the weekend and already he has forged some sort of bi partisan partisanship of cross aisle synergy that will take us to the next level of proactivity so that all peoples of our great nation are fully engaged.Packerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790343423937405624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-8682597027277919182012-08-06T10:26:08.577-04:002012-08-06T10:26:08.577-04:00Epic and revolutionary need to go. Those words do...Epic and revolutionary need to go. Those words do not go together with toilet bowl cleaner and TV sit coms.CrownedwithVictoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139186237180334168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-47363381785388993492012-08-06T10:16:40.108-04:002012-08-06T10:16:40.108-04:00I am in agreement with Library-Gryffon on the topi...I am in agreement with Library-Gryffon on the topic of the use of the word impact, and quote that great linguist, Calvin:<br /><br />"Verbing weirds language."<br /><br />I'm voting for Ibee Grumpy this November - I've done worse!Sal Paradisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-23712415124502871972012-08-06T10:08:38.640-04:002012-08-06T10:08:38.640-04:00At 163cm I'm " vertically challenged &quo...At 163cm I'm " vertically challenged " .jimbo26https://www.blogger.com/profile/02240878442136195921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-80483487655693082792012-08-06T09:58:53.007-04:002012-08-06T09:58:53.007-04:00@Bookbug: +1 but you left out there/they're/th...@Bookbug: +1 but you left out there/they're/their, loose/lose and then/than.<br /><br />HTH.Andy Symsnoreply@blogger.com