Placebo Pondering Prints

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Crowded Ice Fishing

"You want a generic or a regular sugar pill?"

"Sitting here with you each day at sunset reminds me I have to get a job."

"Just when I thought I had all the answers, I forgot what the questions were."

"I hate it when the palcebo does better than the drugs we're testing."

'Sometimes, in the stillness and warmth of an afternoon sun, I can almost hear interest compounding.'

"Have you tried turning off your conscious mind and then turning it back on again?"

'Yes sir, Thoreau had the right idea.'

Fish sleeps while counting worms that jump over a fence.

'Doctor, one placebo or two with your tea?'

'Turn your thinking cap around, Robert.'

'Actually, I'm a placebo psychiatrist.'

'I warned him that this was no place for a guy with inner-ear problems.'

'How come there aren't any peace heroes?'

'This doesn't look good. I'm afraid you've developed an immunity to placebos.'

"Nothing can be done about crime unless you deal with the root causes in the environment."

"What is it you'd like to know about incentives, my son?"

"Does my brain look big in this?"

'Well, in my case, Muzak DOESN'T help with meditation!'

"As a confirmed hypochondriac, I rely on placebos to get me through the day."

"Do you carry generic placebos?"

Well at least we can handle these rocks.

"Well Doctor, I thought if a placebo works, this might as well..."

"I'm prescribing a placebo. You'll have to explain to him that it's really working."

'There's nothing wrong with you that a couple placebos won't cure.'

'Would you like this placebo in name brand or generic?'

'Don't fight it, Fred - Just go with the flow.'

"We still don't understand how this happened. You were with the placebo control group."

Mountains and Molehills

"...and the women who used the placebo makeup turned out to be just as attractive."

'Are you the dove of peace?' 'Yes. What the hell d'you want?'

'Attention - we're combining our anti-viral and anti-bacterial placebo divisions immediately.'