> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of G. D. Akin
... > At the risk of coming in at the tail end of this conversation, I will tell > you I had one of these exams a year or so back. The real fun is > the 24-hour > period preparing for the exam ;-) Yeah. I thought I'd spare the list and not mention that. As I told my wife, the preparation is to ensure that they don't get a crappy picture. > Actual quote from the doctor to the nurses (and me too, I guess) > , "there is > a picture perfect entrance to the transverse colon." Lovely. I am reminded of the story about the computer scientist who spoke fluent French, but wasn't familiar with a particular idiom. He gave a talk on "digital techniques," translating the phrase literally. Apparently it was quite some time before anyone explained to him why the audience kept snickering. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
