Subject: Health (Page 12)

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.


(1608 – 1661) English churchman & historian

Hypochondriac: Someone who enjoys bad health.

My wife has to be the worst cook; her specialty is indigestion.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Fiber: Edible wood-pulp said to aid digestion and prolong life, so that we might enjoy another six or eight years in which to consume wood-pulp.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

A hooker once told me she had a headache.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

The Resistance of Piles to Penetration

… expensive care

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Any dentist who says “This won’t hurt a bit” is lying through your teeth.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

You don’t get ulcers from what you eat; you get them from what’s eating you.

(1888 – 1960) Austrian writer

A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby's temperature; plus, it really teaches the baby who's boss.

(1970 – ) American actress, comedian, writer & producer

Did you know babies are nauseated by the smell of a clean shirt?

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

My friends and I played a new version of Russian roulette; we passed around six girls and one of them had VD.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Venereal Disease: Germs of endearment.

What do you mean, heart attack? … You’ve got to have a heart before you can have an attack.

(1906 – 2002) Austrian journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter & producer

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

A man walked into the doctor’s; he said, ‘I’ve hurt my arm in several places.' … The doctor said, ‘well don’t go there any more.'

(1921 – 1984) British comedian & magician

I fainted last night… luckily I was going to bed at the time so I didn't get hurt.

(1974 – ) American stand-up comedian & actor

I have been laid up with intentional flu.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

They said he had neurosis of the liver.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

You never have the right number of pills left on the last day of a prescription.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist