Little Patient Gifts

'Don't try to turn tail and run. That's just what they want.'

"My political platform focuses on more ice cream and more frisbee chasing, with less chores and fewer baths."

"We're playing doctor. Do you have any old magazines for our waiting room?"

Playdough's The Republic

'This test doesn't understand me.'

I think I can, I think I can ... therefore I think I am...

"Mommy, watch, I'm living authentically!"

'Sorry the doctor is running behind. You can keep today's appointment or I can fit you in tomorrow...whichever comes first.'

Invoice: 'That's good laughter is the best medicine.'

A young positivist.

'We're playing doctor ??" Billy's the anesthetist.'

'Young lady, I'm afraid existential despair is no excuse for not eating your lima beans.'

"Let's play make-believe. I'll diagnose you with a life-threatening illness, then cure you with a wonder-drug that turns out to be a placebo."

'I guess you've noticed that most of these trespasses are reruns.'

'Let's play doctor. You be the primary care giver and I'll be the doctor you refer patients to.'

Junior Doctor.

'We're playing Doctor - he's the caddy.'

'Let's play doctor - you be the patient, you be the surgeon, and I'll be the malpractice-attorney.'

Life on Earth - maths advice.

'I usually don't make house calls but I'm glad to make an exception in your case, Gran'ma.'

'What happens after the end of time?'

'Admit it,you've been bothering the nurses again,haven't you?

Love.

'... Because it's the law! That's why!'

Young Galileo Galilei.

'We studied the multiplication table in school today -- frankly, I don't believe a word of it.'

"If something is neither here nor there, where is it?"

"I decided to get comfortable...we have a lot to talk about."

"Trust me, Son, you do not want to 'grow up to be president.' "

"It's not icky - it's tactile."

"I've just performed a tonsillectomy on Daddy while he was asleep."

"Dehumanization, maybe, but not depersonalization."

"Yesterday's weather forecast was wrong. Is that what is meant when they say 'fake news'?"

"You don't have to worry about using up your minutes."