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- From: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com (Craig Becker)
- Subject: Re: earthquakes during surgery
- Originator: jlpicard@woofer.austin.ibm.com
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- Message-ID: <C1J3HA.2G4x@austin.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:58:22 GMT
- Reply-To: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com
- References: <1993Jan22.185917.20584@adobe.com> <C19zFG.DKy@srgenprp.sr.hp.com>
- Organization: IBM Object Technology Products
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- frankh@sr.hp.com (Frank Hamlin) writes:
- > : I *hope* that for once the "$50 per Tylenol caplet" medical profession does
- > : *nothing* about this possibility. What are the odds of this being a real
- > : problem? What are the odds of the surgeon not reacting fast enough, even to
- > : a real "jolt"
- >
- > While getting a vasectamy, I was talking with the doctor. While joking
- > with him I said to get those sharp things away from me if we have an
- > earthquake. Without missing a beat, he looked at me and said
- > "Yea, it's really bad form to loose a patient from a vasectamy"
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- Fer what it's worth, this was used as a gag on _Too Close For Comfort_
- when Ted Knight went in for his vasectomy.
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- Craig
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