Sunday Silliness: the wrong flavor edition

by dr-exmedic

Here’s an ad from the Sunday paper a few weeks ago that’s unintentionally hilarious and disgusting to anyone who thinks of BV as an abbreviation for bacterial vaginosis. The BV in the ad, incidentally, is actually a vineyard. Bonus link:  irony, defined.

Sunday Silliness: I thought they smelled bad on the outside edition

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It’s only natural that I would fall in love with an online store named ThinkGeek, but they’ve really outdone themselves with this sleeping bag.

Sunday Silliness: pump and blow in popular culture edition

by dr-exmedic

Just a roundup of funny CPR-related video clips I’ve seen over the years….

My hospital is not a night club

by dr-exmedic

A little bit of toilet humor.

MDNV

by dr-exmedic

No, this has nothing to do with physicians in Nevada.  Rather, it’s a column I find entertaining about “MD Envy,” a vague affliction of a few EMS providers who really, really would rather be doctors.

Sunday Silliness: Playtex parking edition

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I figure the picture and post title say it all, but I still can’t figure out why 18 hours is the allowed parking time.  Incidentally, this sign was in Napoleon, OH, across from the middle school.

Sunday Silliness: labor power edition

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Since Labor Day is tomorrow, and there are cries of Socialism everywhere (or at least at town hall meetings, anyway), it seems appropriate to point out that one of the people we always thought was an all-American hero might actually be a dirty Communist.  If you’re not into reading, a rough draft of a documentary [...]

Continuing education

by dr-exmedic

One of these days, I’m going to hold a class, and invite both RNs and medics.  All I’m going to teach them is how to spell Crohn’s disease correctly:  Crohn’s.  Not Chron’s, Chrones, or any of the other creative variations.  Crohn’s.

Fingerprints, teeth, DNA–who needs ‘em?

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Police said Fiore’s fingers and teeth had been removed to make it harder to identify her body, but investigators were able to determine who she was by using the serial number on her breast implants. From this story about that whole model murder thing that’s been going on.  It always amazes me:  what your eyes [...]

Sunday Silliness: zoom zoom edition

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My wife and I have discovered that I should never, ever drive anywhere immediately after watching an episode of Top Gear.  It just isn’t safe.