Subject: Health (Page 17)

In the face of such overwhelming statistical possibilities, hypochondria has always seemed to me to be the only rational position to take on life.

(1953 – 2001) British journalist & broadcaster

The illness you come down with is the one ailment your company-covered insurance does not cover.

In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg… but leukemia is worse still.

English former football player & manager

I got the bill for my surgery; now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.

(1925 – 2010) American humorist & writer

Three things are bad for you: I can't remember the first two, but doughnuts are the third.

football coach

Vaccine: A microbe with his face washed.

Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

I don’t want to say the wait was long, but the guy in front of me was being treated for a musket wound.

(1962 – ) American stand-up comedian, writer, actor & radio host

The doctor says he has to amputate all of me.

comedian

People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in; filing a claim for insurance is terminal.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

Liposuction: A surgical procedure from which the patient emerges significantly lighter in both pounds and dollars.

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first; by the second day you're off it.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

I worry about my nan; if she’s alone and falls, does she make a noise? I’m joking, she’s dead.

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor

I'm beginning to have morning sickness… I'm not having a baby, I'm just sick of morning.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

If men could get pregnant,abortion would be a sacrament.

(1916 – 2000) American lawyer & activist

If you eat one apple a day for 80 years, you won't die young.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

Please excuse Timmy from school Friday. He has very loose vowels.

Most Doctors Agree Breathing Regularly is Good for You

My dad’s third heart attack, he’d gotten so good at them, he decided to drive himself to the hospital because, ‘They won’t let me smoke in the ambulance!' and ‘You can’t make a burger run.'

(1964 – ) American comedian & actor

He was recently diagnosed with prostrate cancer.