My 2 yr old does the opposite. He'll point out a smiling fish, or a cartoon chicken, or a picture of a cow, and say, "Eat cow. Eat fish. Eat chicken!", and chuckle.

Not sure there's much to discuss. Quintuplets happen.

I was all, "Ok sure, that's reasonable, good for you MD, to have the courage to speak of your amazing sacrifices..." but then I read the part about the CURE being MORE POONTANG and was all "Oh, ok, I get it now. Well played, sir."

Sounds like a dick. But...why did you go to an ER to have x-rays taken if you can afford to pay in cash? What were the xrays for? I'm confused.

I agree with everyone who says to take a pregnancy test. Confirms you're pregnant if you are, which you'd eventually find out. Confirms you're not pregnant if you're not, which is GREAT peace of mind. Very little downside, except the price of the test.

My father and sister CONSISTENTLY ask for any and all egg dishes to be "over hard", "yellows broken", "cooked through" every time we go out for brunch. In 90% of the cases, they end up sending them back. When will they learn??! It's incredibly frustrating that they keep ordering eggs.

Yes. A far more serious source of injury is monkey bars. Last time I was on call (I'm an anesthesiologist, if you hadn't guessed), we did a 6 yr old with a wrist fracture and a 9 yr old with an elbow fracture, both from falling off monkey bars.

I know. But it's ok, my father's a pediatrician and can reduce it, saving a trip to the ER.

Well, we had an entire course spanning two years at my med school in which we were taught biostatistics, epidemiology, research methods...not necssarily in-depth, long-term stuff. Indeed, we are not "trained researchers". But we are certainly exposed to, and taught, statistics and research methods.

FYI, my son hasn't figured out how to effectively swing himself from our hands. Right now it's a bunch of jumping and being dragged by us.

Or maybe this one?

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The best way to pacreacise is to feed it plenty of alcohol.

Horse: "Get me the FUCK out of here"

My biracial 2-yr-old son LOVES Cheerios. (well, any Os, for that matter). He'll be frustrated to read this post one day and wonder why racism STILL hasn't disappeared (he's reading it in about 10 yrs, when he's at a college reading level)

Understood, and I generally agree. In fact, I think it's pretty f&cking lame to "fire" a patient for non-adherence, etc. In eggregious circumstances, for example, the patient who refuses to have a tracheostomy after 4 WEEKS on a ventilator, but also refuses to be extubated...then it's time to find them a new…

Well, for one, criminals who have documented criminal backgrounds will find it more difficult to obtain a gun legally, and perhaps even illegally as well, depending on the unforseen effects of legislation. Wouldn't it be nice to restrict criminals' access even a little bit? Oh, no, I guess we're all paranoid about…

It's not unethical if they haven't yet established a patient-doctor relationship.

Ok, slightly more credible. But I've taught med students too, and although I can only speak firsthand about two different med schools, I'm wondering how you've arrived at your conclusion about "most".

I believe that if anyone can make it happen, it's Oprah. BOOM.