Editors Humour.
Funniest (True) Stories.
We were really confused. While transcribing medical audiotapes, a colleague came upon the following garbled diagnosis: "This man has pholenfrometry."
Knowing nothing about that particular condition, she double-checked with the doctor.
After listening to the tape, he shook his head.
"This man," he said, translating for her, "has fallen from a tree."
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One crazy day in our pediatric clinic saw the Doctor hand a young patient a urine sample container and tell him to fill it up in the bathroom.
A few minutes later, he returned to the doctor's nurse's station with an empty cup.
"I didn't need this after all," he said. "There was a toilet in there."
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The woman was already a nervous wreck about her upcoming surgery. It didn't help matters when the admitting nurse asked her, "Have you had a hysterectomy before?"
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Watching a movie recently, I couldn't hear the dialogue over the chatter of the two women in front of me. Unable to bear it any longer, I tapped one of them on the shoulder. "Excuse me," I said. "I can't hear."
"I should hope not," she answered. "This is a private conversation."
