Cool sites: What's so funny?
CMAJ 1998;159:131
© 1998 Canadian Medical Association
Whether speaking in public or just chewing the fat with our colleagues, nearly everyone appreciates medical humour. Curious to see what was on the Internet in the way of doctor jokes, I entered those 2 words into the Alta Vista search engine and received a huge number of matches. Some sites were for general audiences, and others were definitely R rated. After wading through scores of sites, here are my top picks.
One site, www.makeemlaugh.com/j-doctor.htm, has classic "Doctor Doctor" jokes that are safe for kids of all ages. Example: Patient — "Doctor Doctor, I can't stop stealing things."
Doctor — "Take these pills for a week. If that doesn't work, I'll have a colour TV."
Another site with good clean humour is www.medicalink.net/related/jokes2.html. I liked the one about the physician who complained about his plumbing bill and noted that he didn't make as much money as the plumber. The plumber shrugged. "Neither did I when I was a doctor."
A third site, www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/4661/projoke35.htm, offers a good collection of stories, although a few are borderline risqué. It also offers some classics.
Doctor: "I've got very bad news — you've got cancer and Alzheimer's."
Patient: "Well, at least I don't have cancer."
Memorizing this material is not guaranteed to make you the life of the party, but at least it may help bring the occasional smile to the face of your patients and friends. And isn't laughter the best medicine? — Dr. Robert Patterson, robpatterson@email.msn.com
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