Subject: Health (Page 23)

Bill Walton is incredible; if you drop a toothpick on his foot, he'll have a stress fracture.

American basketball coach

My cholesterol count has a comma.

(1964 – 2014) American actor, Broadway performer & stand-up comedian

Don't worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

You do live longer with bran, but you spend the last fifteen years on the toilet.

(1927 – 2004) American comedian & actor

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

God heals and the doctor takes the fee.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Virus is a Latin word used by doctors to mean “your guess is as good as mine.”

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents’ shortcomings.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

The operation was a complete success, but the patient died of something else.

Toothaches tend to start on Saturday night.

Never say “oops” while your patient is conscious.

I remember when I swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills… my doctor told me to have a few drinks and get some rest.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seem to think that they are at death's door when they have a simple head cold?"

(1898 – 1992) American actress

Busted tribia

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

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

Life is an incurable condition: the only known treatment is to try to keep the patient comfortable.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

A cure for agoraphobics is just around the corner.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Any dentist who says “This won’t hurt a bit” is lying through your teeth.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

If your time ain’t come, not even a doctor can kill you.

Arthritis: Twinges in the hinges.