Subject: Health (Page 8)

Penicillin: What to give a man who has everything.

Doctors bury their mistakes, but mine are still on scholarship.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Never accept a drink from a urologist.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

I'd hate to be a giraffe with a sore throat.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

She had a seashore disorder.

Medical insurance is what allows people to be ill at ease!

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

I have the woman-flu, which is like the manflu but worse because I also regularly have periods and I get paid less.

Danish comedian

My dad is actually a manic depressive, which is very exciting half the time.

(1963 – ) American stand-up comedian

London: A place you go to get bronchitis.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

New Sick Policy Requires 2-day Notice

You won’t be surprised that diseases are innumerable… count the cooks.

(54 BC – 39 AD) Roman orator

There are only two sorts of doctors: those who practice with their brains, and those who practice with their tongues.

(1849 – 1919) Canadian physician

Oh, they’ve broken my sacroiliac! Run to the nearest golf course and get a doctor!

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

It’s only the mercy of the Lord I ain’t had a stroke already – and a coronary trombonus in the bargain.

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

Vagina?… that sounds like something you call in sick with.

American comedian & television host

It never heals correctly.

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

(1860 – 1904) Russian short-story writer, playwright & physician

Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.

(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & actress

Specialist: A doctor whose patients are expected to confine their ailments to office hours.

There would never be any public agreement among doctors if they did not agree to agree on the main point of the doctor being always on the right.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist