You've heard it. You call the doctor's office. (Excuse me, you call the office of your aggregated healthcare practitioners.) Before a human with a voice attends to your need or query, a recorded voice declares: "If this is a true medical emergency, hang up and dial 911." Curiously, though, later, as one of the options presented, you are invited to press 1 if it is for a medical emergency. Hmmmmm. Which summons the obvious cerebral (in my head, at least) debate about what constitutes a "true" versus an "untrue" medical emergency.
TRUE MEDICAL EMERGENCY: Unasked for amputation.
UNTRUE MEDICAL EMERGENCY: Unasked for ampersand.
TRUE: Cerebral hemorrhage.
UNTRUE: Cerebral hemorrhoids.
TRUE: Aneurysm.
UNTRUE: Androidism.
TRUE: Four-hour erection.
UNTRUE: Four-hour erection.
TRUE: Fibula fracture.
UNTRUE: Fractured fable.
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I always get a kick out of people who are involved in some calamity that causes multiple injuries but they "refuse medical attention".
The images it conjures can be quite amusing...
Yes, it invites some gruesome or surreal scenarios.
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