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This is the line that got me.... "If you need emergency attention, call 911."
Can you imagine the email that prompted this addition?
To: Dr. Smithson
From: tpgal@dumbass.com
RE: My severed head
Message marked: Urgent
Dr. Smithson,
I accidentally removed most of my head from my body. (LOL) It actually hurts quite a bit, and I'm wondering if I should come in?
Could you mail me back and let me know if it is normal for my head to keep flopping over to the left like this.
THX,
TPgal
2 comments:
My staff and I frequently have to call podiatrists to make appointments for our summer kids, and their voice mail messages all include "If this is a medical emergency, you should hang up now and dial 9-1-1."
Yeah, anytime I'm having trouble breathing, my lips are turning blue, and I can't feel my fingers, the first thing I think is "Call the ingrown toenail doctor!"
"Their" should have been "the podiatrists'."
Sheesh. And I'm an English teacher.
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