December 31, 2007

This I Believe #28

...that gastroenterologists, proctologists, and other doctors who deal with the lower digestive tract must, many times each day, have to stifle the impulse to insert "It nearly killed him!" into otherwise professional-sounding sentences.

Dec 31, 2007 6:17:01 PM | This I Believe

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theophylact

Yeah, I know that one.

Posted by: theophylact | January 03, 2008 at 01:12 PM

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