Re: [MBZ] Way, way beyond OT: The Secret Language of Doctors

2015-04-13 Thread Mountain Man
Andrew wrote: Of course, not all slang is derogatory. Where's RT? C'mon Rich - some real input from your physician wife, please? Ain't no hospital in any plans of mine. Hospitals do not figure in my future, ever. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Way, way beyond OT: The Secret Language of Doctors

2015-04-13 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Actually, that was not my writing. On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I forwarded it to Dr Wife and almost Dr Son (5 weeks!) for an assessment --R On 4/13/15 5:40 PM, Mountain Man wrote: Andrew wrote: Of course, not all slang is

Re: [MBZ] Way, way beyond OT: The Secret Language of Doctors

2015-04-13 Thread Rich Thomas
I forwarded it to Dr Wife and almost Dr Son (5 weeks!) for an assessment --R On 4/13/15 5:40 PM, Mountain Man wrote: Andrew wrote: Of course, not all slang is derogatory. Where's RT? C'mon Rich - some real input from your physician wife, please? Ain't no hospital in any plans of mine.

Re: [MBZ] Way, way beyond OT: The Secret Language of Doctors

2015-04-13 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
Thanks, Andrew, this brings me up-to-date on hospital slang after being out of it for 20 years. Here are a few of the old aphorisms: Crispy critter: Back in the fifties many people had open gas stoves and kerosene heaters, so we would get badly burnt children in who really upset us. Our relief