Margaret Cho has this great bit about her experience with hematuria, and finally it is somewhat relevant enough to post! (I have no idea who she saw that employs a “vagina washer,” but maybe that’s how it works in the private OB-Gyn world. Who knows.)
I love Best of Craigslist . Some recent goodies:
Happy Friday.
October 5th, 2007I’ve heard arguments about creationism and intelligent design before, but the Creationists really shouldn’t have this guy arguing for them (unless he’s secretly trying to take down Creationism from within–if so, nice work!). Laughable video:
You’re at a wedding, wearing dress pants, and you’re so used to wearing a pager with dress pants that you constantly pat your hip, making sure the pager is still there.
(Feel free to add your own.)
A watched troponin never comes back.
While reading this interesting piece on body type and body motion correlating with sexual orientation , I found this hilarious website as an ad: IsMyBabyGay.com . Just make your baby lick a piece of paper you print out on your own printer, send it in the mail, and for just $20.00 you can find out if your baby is gay or not! What a steal!
(And there’s a 150% money-back guarantee if they’re wrong!)
Similar to Kotassium , my attending reminded me of another medical play-on-words: high-NR , an elevated INR.
Coatastrraphe: coh • tah • stroh • fee: noun. See also white coatastrophe. The act of moving too quickly, sitting down in a chair, or bending over, causing the multitude of notes, journal articles, reference books, pens, stethescopes, cell phones, PDAs, and other assorted items to fall from the pocket of one’s white coat onto the floor.
from Pharyngula’s commenters :
I thought I had a tapeworm once, but it was just a fluke.
Can we just call the damn electrolyte Kotassium from now on? It’s potassium, it’s “K,” it’s the perfect combination, no?