Doctor Appreciation Week Tweet I don’t give my doctor anything for appreciation week because I’m already giving him several hundred dollars for each 15 minute visit. That seems like enough.
Bananaesque Tweet Based on an actual bag of “banana chips” purchased at a local health food store. I ate them because, well, I’m a snacker, but they had almost no flavor and weren’t exactly crunchy.
Sports Medicine! Tweet I have a niece who is a doctor of sports medicine … or something like that. I think she really enjoys it.
Lab Drawing for Life Tweet Someone once asked me to do a lab draw, then they remembered that I’m the chaplain.
Extraordinary Measures Tweet If you read the release you sign for anything, it’ll make you not want to do it. Also, doesn’t the word “extraordinary” seem like it should mean “extra ordinary” as in “more ordinary than previously thought possible”?
My Homey, Your Homey Tweet Both homeopathy and “real” medicine involve a lot of placebo effect. I’m not saying they’re equal, but that often neither will work if the person doesn’t believe they will.
Admirable Women Tweet OK, the joke is good, but looking at the strip now I think maybe I should have left out Penn saying “Um” because the way I drew it too many people think it’s the bear saying it.
Violent Workshop Tweet I love it when seminars are offered on topics like this and the way the flyer is worded you’re not really sure whether they are in favor of violence or alcoholism or whatever.
Never Learn Tweet I think my wife came up with this one while we were watching some TV show that used the phrase from the first panel.