Tuesday, October 24, 2006
New Yorker Caption Contest contenders #72
- "Turns out the interpreter got the translation wrong. You can come back inside."
- "Yup, I'm right behind you."
- "Now they're saying, 'Go back, go back.'"
- "My money's against you. Nothing personal."
- "I've been asked to remind you to take your Blackberry."
- "Can you quick sign these?"
- "Sir? Turns out the firm's life insurance doesn't pay out for this sort of thing."
- "Oh, okay, it can wait."
- "They can't hear you on the conference call."
- "Turn back before the next building and you still have to captain the softball team next year."
- "We were kidding. There's no shortcut to partner. Seriously."
- "Had time to think about what you've done?"
- "Come back without a pigeon and it's your job."
- "The board said something about this canceling out the glass ceiling, or whatever."
- "No shame in crying. No one has yet, but there's no shame in it."
- "So do you have to bring a brick back from the other building or something?"
- "While you're over there, tell them we can totally see into their men's bathroom, and it's gross."
- "Come back, you forgot your spoon for the egg."
- "Feats of strength and daring are will always have a place in our annual reviews."
Monday, October 09, 2006
"...resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups"
Warning: For all I know, the PubMed "related articles" link below may not be work safe.
Winner of Ig Nobel award in Medicine 2006:
MEDICINE: Francis M. Fesmire of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, for his medical case report " Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage"; and Majed Odeh, Harry Bassan, and Arie Oliven of Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, for their subsequent medical case report also titled " Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage ."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2299306&dopt=Abstract
Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage: J Intern Med. 1990 Feb;227(2):145-6.
Related Articles, Links
Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage.Odeh M, Bassan H, Oliven A.
Department of Inernal Medicine, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
A 60-year-old man with acute pancreatitis developed persistent hiccups after insertion of a nasogastric tube. Removal of the latter did not terminate the hiccups which had also been treated with different drugs, and several manoeuvres were attempted, but with no success. Digital rectal massage was then performed resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups. Recurrence of the hiccups occurred several hours later, and again, they were terminated immediately with digital rectal massage. No other recurrences were observed. This is the second reported case associating cessation of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage. We suggest that this manoeuvre should be considered in cases of intractable hiccups before proceeding with pharmacological agents.
http://www.improbable.com/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2006
Winner of Ig Nobel award in Medicine 2006:
MEDICINE: Francis M. Fesmire of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, for his medical case report " Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage"; and Majed Odeh, Harry Bassan, and Arie Oliven of Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, for their subsequent medical case report also titled " Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage ."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2299306&dopt=Abstract
Termination of Intractable Hiccups with Digital Rectal Massage: J Intern Med. 1990 Feb;227(2):145-6.
Related Articles, Links
Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage.Odeh M, Bassan H, Oliven A.
Department of Inernal Medicine, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
A 60-year-old man with acute pancreatitis developed persistent hiccups after insertion of a nasogastric tube. Removal of the latter did not terminate the hiccups which had also been treated with different drugs, and several manoeuvres were attempted, but with no success. Digital rectal massage was then performed resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups. Recurrence of the hiccups occurred several hours later, and again, they were terminated immediately with digital rectal massage. No other recurrences were observed. This is the second reported case associating cessation of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage. We suggest that this manoeuvre should be considered in cases of intractable hiccups before proceeding with pharmacological agents.
http://www.improbable.com/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2006
"The trooper said it was the oddest traffic accident he had ever handled."
4 penguins perish in freak Texas truck accident
Octopus unhurt, exotic fish not as lucky en route to temporary home
Reuters
Updated: 3:26 p.m. ET Aug 9, 2006
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Twenty-one penguins were rescued on a hot east Texas highway on Tuesday after a truck carrying the wildlife to a temporary home south of Houston overturned, said a state trooper.
Four penguins and some exotic fish were killed in the accident, including three penguins that were hit by passing motorists, said Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Richard Buchanan. "The rest of the penguins kind of stayed together in the ditch."
"We've worked several wrecks involving cows, horses, pigs, even fish, but this is the first where the live animals were penguins."
He said he was glad the accident was not worse.
"There was another truck full of snakes and alligators that was an hour ahead of them, so luckily we didn\'t have to deal with the alligators," Buchanan said.
The first truck arrived safely in Galveston by late afternoon, Hamacheck said.
Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14254314/
Octopus unhurt, exotic fish not as lucky en route to temporary home
Reuters
Updated: 3:26 p.m. ET Aug 9, 2006
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Twenty-one penguins were rescued on a hot east Texas highway on Tuesday after a truck carrying the wildlife to a temporary home south of Houston overturned, said a state trooper.
Four penguins and some exotic fish were killed in the accident, including three penguins that were hit by passing motorists, said Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Richard Buchanan. "The rest of the penguins kind of stayed together in the ditch."
"We've worked several wrecks involving cows, horses, pigs, even fish, but this is the first where the live animals were penguins."
He said he was glad the accident was not worse.
"There was another truck full of snakes and alligators that was an hour ahead of them, so luckily we didn\'t have to deal with the alligators," Buchanan said.
The first truck arrived safely in Galveston by late afternoon, Hamacheck said.
Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14254314/
