Livin on the Edge
“The Edge… there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.”
- Hunter S. Thompson“If I didn’t know you were a doctor, I would never in a million years think you were one. You look too edgy to be a doctor.”
- Nurse’s comment to me on the street today“There’s somethin’ wrong with the world today
I don’t know what it is
Something’s wrong with our eyesWe’re seein’ things in a different way
And God knows it ain’t his
It sure ain’t no surpriseLivin’ on the edge”
- Aerosmith, “Livin’ on the Edge” lyrics
“Doctor, you discharged me from the hospital three months ago and I saw you on the street and followed you into the clinic. Can you please give me a doctor’s note that says I am not able to work?”
- Patient at my clinic today
Rules I like to break:
1. Women should have hair.
2. Doctors should not have mohawks.
3. People shouldn’t sleep with dogs.
4. Doctors should have huge egos.
5. Residents should complain a lot.
6. Adults should not wear Elmo hats.
7. People should do the bare minimum to get by at work.
8. No one should smile all day long.
9. People shouldn’t pet stranger pit bulls tied to trees.
10. People shouldn’t talk about their bladder/bowel habits with strangers.
11. It’s not okay to eat cookies for dinner.
TGIF! Time to have a glass of wine and watch the raindrops fall.