"Your loan came through, we'll go ahead and save your life now."
(This cartoon originally appeared in the 2-4-1950 issue of the New Yorker. The original caption was, "By the way-you for or against socialized medicine?")
You know, I have one from closer to today that has a similar line...except the doctor is standing by a credit card machine on the OR wall! Great minds.
"Your loan came through, we'll go ahead and save your life now."
wow! In 1950 it said "socialized medicine"? or are you pulling our collective legs
ReplyDeleteYou know, I have one from closer to today that has a similar line...except the doctor is standing by a credit card machine on the OR wall! Great minds.
ReplyDeleteMy standing joke on operating room scenes: Don't worry, the doctor has the highest Doom score of anybody in the hospital.
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