I have just written three blogs on rather serious financial subjects. Yes, I am still working on the second installment of “Dow Jones industrial to reach 14,000 before July 31, 2012″. So let us take a breather and enjoy a few lighter moments.
Since my blogs are to be devoted to medicine of different kinds, and laughter is the best medicine, let us have a sideshow for the intermission, so to speak, by performing a little magic with word logic.
If one follows strictly the logic of words, unexpected and funny things may happen. In my spare-time, I’ve come up with the following examples, which I would like to share.
1. When I’m asked if I’m retired? I may give the following answer. “That’s for sure. I was tired the day before yesterday. I was tired yesterday. I’m still tired today. And I expect to be tired again tomorrow. I’m RE-tired every day!”
2. Homeopathy is the kind of medicine that uses a very minute quantity of a therapeutic agent that actually mimics the symptoms of the disease it is supposed to treat. A doctor of homeopathy is known as a homeopath. Modern medical physicians (M.D.’s) such as your family doctors are known as allopaths. Homeo means “the same” whereas allo means “different”. Likewise, doctors of osteopathy are known as osteopaths. Those who use natural means for healing are called naturopaths.
Therefore, according to the above logic of word construction, those who use social skills to help people ought to be called sociopaths and those who employ psychological means to treat patients should be called psychopaths.
One friend said to another, “Have you made an appointment to see your psychopath yet?”
3. At the end of a letter, it is customary to declare to the recipient the writer’s state of mind. If he is sincere, he will say, “sincerely yours”. If he is faithful, he will say “faithfully yours”. If he is cordial, he will say “cordially yours”. If he is affectionate, he will say “affectionately yours”. Applying the same logic, if he feels depressed and downtrodden, he should say “down yours”. If he is upbeat or elated, he should say “up yours,” as in the following:
We look forward to meeting you for dinner this coming Saturday.
Up yours,