Life in the Fast Lane

Working where the sun don’t shine…

Credit: Bowser and Blue
Have you ever wondered why an intelligent human being would become a colorectal surgeon? Here is a dip back into the archives from the Canadian duo of George Bowser and Ricky Blue [Bowser and Blue] from the Annual Meeting of the American Society of [...]

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Like a Surgeon - cuttin’ for the very first time

Credit: Weird Al Yankovich
Like a Surgeon lyrics - Weird Al Yankovich
I finally made it through med school
Somehow I made it through
I’m just an intern
I still make a mistake or two 
I was last in my class
Barely passed at the institute
Now I’m [...]

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I am the very model of a psychopharmacologist…
I know Akiskal’s spectrum and it’s not just nosological
and I can write on psychotropic agents in prose lyrical!

I am the very model of a psychopharmacologist…
I know Akiskal’s spectrum and it’s not just nosological
From hyperthymic while depressed to manic mood euphorical
I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters multiaxial
I understand [...]

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A rich orthopedic surgeon, a poor orthopedic surgeon and Santa Claus were walking down the street together when they spotted a $100 note on the ground.
Question: Who picked up the $100 note?

 
Answer: The rich orthopedic surgeon - the other two don’t exist

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Come to Australia - there are so many interesting ways to die
Emergency Musical Interlude XII
 

Before the emails start - NOT all the animals will actually kill you - the taipan is in fact a death adder; the tiger snake is, well not a tiger snake; hermit crabs are generally innocuous (as are koala bears); necrotising [...]

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It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
One human hair can support 3 kg (6 lb).
The average man’s penis is three times the length of his thumb.
Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s.
There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
Women [...]

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• back of Bourke
Back of beyond, specifically inland [see woop woop]
‘The chopper will be a while yet, they’re coming from back o’ Bourke‘

• bung
Broken, exhausted, out of action
Origin: Australian pidgin, where the phrase to go bung meant ‘to die’
‘I’ll have to go see the doc about me bung knee’ 
Audio
• Barcoo spew
Illness characterized  by profuse vomiting attacks lasting days
Term [...]

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Australia and New Zealand have their own vernacular. Through correspondance with various illustrious colleagues it has become apparent that some of the terminology used in this, and other Aussie blogs is occassionally confusing.
To rectify this matter I will be joining with Aussie health professionals to create a simple medical vernacular translator to assist OTD (overseas [...]

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With the winter season fast approaching it is vital that we reacquaint ourselves with one of the most important medical conditions known to man (masculus influentia). This condition is not to be taken lightly and should be treated with the respect it deserves.
 

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‘Heaps Beached As Bro’
In preparation for the ‘medical vernacular down under’ series, it is necessary to become accustomed to some audio vernacular pertaining to everyday occurances
 

see also ‘Australian Vernacular Interlude‘

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