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Postby troubleagain » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:41 pm

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Postby KLA2 » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:59 pm

What??? That is as clear as a foggy night, Arneb. (And the common term in North America is internship).

If it does not breach confidentiality, care to explain further? :?
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Postby Arneb » Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:22 pm

I am not sure about the internship. AFAIK, that refers to a stint at hospital during the final study year. When I visited Sloan Kettering in NYC for four weeks in the middle of my courses, they called it a clerkship.

Explaining myself? No, not here. It my not breach my confidentiality, but I am wary to tell stories that I cannot substantiate and that someone with an interest might construe as slander.

I was writing a long-winded essay detailling my experiences when I thought better of it. We can take this dialogue elsewhere if you are really interested. Better not make a comfortable target. Let's just say I was throwing hyperbole at a specialty we internists traditionally have our beefs with, and vice versa.

To illustrate this, here are two very long-bearded jokes about the specialties:

An orthopaedic surgeon, a slow internist, a fast internist, and a radiologist are placed at the four corners of a football field. A $ 100 bill is placed in the middle of the field. The four doctors are told to run to the center when a signal is sounded. First to reach the $ 100 bill wins the money.
So who is going to win? Answer: The slow internist. The orthopaedic surgeon doesn't understand what is asked of him, a radiologist doesn't bend down for a mere $ 100, and fast internists don't exist in the first place.

An internist, an orthopaedic surgeon, and a pathologist go duck-hunting. One of them blows the whistle, the flock go up into the sky. The internist takes aim, decides another bird is better placed, re-aims again because he might also hit another bird, re-aims because this bird looks really better than the other... and doesn't shoot in the end because the ducks have already fled.

They wait, and the flock returns. The orthopaedic surgeon fires a single shot from his Kalashnikow. All sorts of birds fly up in panic. The surgeon rapid-fires in all directions, killing scores of birds of all species. "So, pathologist. Go have a look if there's a duck among them".
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Postby KLA2 » Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:05 am

:shock: O ... K ... It is perfectly clear now ... perfectly ...
{backs out of the thread ... } :shock:

I am not sure about the internship. AFAIK, that refers to a stint at hospital during the final study year. When I visited Sloan Kettering in NYC for four weeks in the middle of my courses, they called it a clerkship.


My mistake. Sorry.
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Postby Arneb » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:03 pm

Well, errmm all right, I certainly didn't want to frighten anyone. All of this is very, very strictly my personal opinion.
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Postby KLA2 » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:37 am

In case I do not have time or opportunity to post in the interim, wishing you all a very warm, happy, satisfying Christmas, or whatever seasonal celebration you embrace.

Wishes for love, fellowship, peace on earth, prosperity and goodwill to all people of goodwill.

Have a safe and a merry. :D
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Postby troubleagain » Wed Dec 24, 2008 4:07 pm

Right back atcha, KLA2!
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Postby hippietrekx » Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:05 am

Why right back? What's wrong with left back?
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Postby troubleagain » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:00 am

Uh.....I don't know?
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Postby Lonewulf » Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:05 am

I do know.

It's because you have to revese the polarity.

D'uh.
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Postby Arneb » Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:11 pm

Dear, we could have thought of that.
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Postby Lonewulf » Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:15 pm

Arneb wrote:Dear, we could have thought of that.


Could have, maybe. Did? No, not really.

Nice to know you all still need me. :)
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Postby Arneb » Sat Dec 27, 2008 6:47 pm

Most welcome.
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Postby Lonewulf » Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:00 pm

Arneb wrote:Most welcome.


Well, uh... dangit. I don't know how to respond to polite/nice.

Uh, thanks. And stuff.
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Postby KLA2 » Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:47 am

Lonewulf wrote:
Arneb wrote:Most welcome.


Well, uh... dangit. I don't know how to respond to polite/nice.

Uh, thanks. And stuff.


You're welcome. Asshole.

{Joking, joking.} :wink:
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Postby Lonewulf » Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:17 am

KLA2 wrote:You're welcome. Asshole.

Much better!

Thanks, asshat.

{Joking, joking.} :wink:


Believe me, I would've known. :D
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Postby Arneb » Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:56 pm

That's because deep down inside, you are the same friendly commonsense little Spießer as we are. :D
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Postby KLA2 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:09 am

Ran the forum again. :shock:

Good job, pal. 8)

{Now, get a life.} :lol:
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Postby Arneb » Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:02 am

Aw, come on, what's in a life if you can stare at a screen?
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Postby tubeswell » Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:08 am

Arneb wrote:Aw, come on, what's in a life if you can stare at a screen?


Are we talking reality TV here or...?
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Postby Arneb » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:10 pm

...yes, we are talking IRU. I - R - U. Staring at a screen. Got it?
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Postby tubeswell » Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:30 pm

Well then, someone oughta make a reality TV program about IRU
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Postby KLA2 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:01 pm

How do you know ... they are not?

{Spooky music} oooweeeeooo ...
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Postby tubeswell » Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:31 am

Well then they shouldn't
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Postby KLA2 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:02 am

You have one of those CCD camera computers?

Too late.

{Sinister music} Dum dum dum DUM ..
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