"Of course I won't laugh," said the nurse. "I'm a professional. In over twenty years I've never laughed at a patient."
"Okay then," said Fred, and he proceeded to drop his trousers, revealing the tiniest 'man thingy' the nurse had ever seen. Length and width, it couldn't have been bigger than a AAA battery. Unable to control herself, the nurse started giggling, then fell to the floor laughing. Ten minutes later she was able to struggle to her feet and regain her composure.
"I am so sorry," she said. "I don't know what came over me. On my honor as a nurse and a lady, I promise it won't happen again. Now, tell me, what seems to be the problem?"
"It's swollen," Fred replied.
She ran out of the room.
My doctor actually told me that they are trained not to scare the patient. When performing surgery, if something goes wrong,
the doctor is trained not to say something like "oh, shit!" . . . because it will scare the patient. Instead, the doctor is trained
to cough.
So whenever I go there for surgery -- or a similar procedure -- , I bring cough drops for the doctor. If the doc has a sore throat,
I don't want to be scared shitless by a cough.