In vaguely related news,
I showed one of the surgeons (a different one this time) an ECG I was worried about and he replied "I honestly don't know what i'm looking at but it doesn't look good. Get one of the medics to look it over."

This event occurred after your 'double-blind test' joke in reply to my last answer to the QOTW and made me smile.
( Funkenschlag still likes dogs more than cats, Sat 21 Jul 2012, 18:58, 1 reply)

That sounds like the perfect answer.
"I don't know" shows confidence and professionalism.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Sat 21 Jul 2012, 22:05, closed)

Here here!
(W3BOPLASTY, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 7:58, closed)

I'd rather have a surgeon who was a fucking good knife-man than a
wannabe Renaissance medic who thinks they know everything about doctoring.
Also delegating important tasks to properly skilled personnel is a fairly good technique used by managers the world over let alone surgeons.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 22 Jul 2012, 8:55, closed)

Indeed.
Hold your bullshit to exactly what you know is probably at least arguable.
Bullshitting about stuff that you don't know about is likely to get you called on it, if you're not important, or at least thought an asshole if you are.

Properly learning when to stay quiet, is also a wonderful skill.
Done right, it can imply knowledge you don't have.
(speedevil, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 9:52, closed)

Trouble is, half the time, the pricks don't recognise there ARE other problems and are wholly focused on their little corner.
This here, is not far removed from actual real-life practices...

(for the lay people 'A Systole' refers to the cradiac rhythm of Aystole, or 'flatline'..).
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 12:31, closed)

This seems oddly appropriate as well.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuZl9tRqjoQ
(The Luggage is haunted..., Sun 22 Jul 2012, 20:19, closed)

i liked that
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 22:20, closed)

I can’t believe how calmly you cope with living in a world where everyone who isn’t you is a prick. You’re an inspiration to us all.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 23 Jul 2012, 15:05, closed)

Lolwhut?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Mon 23 Jul 2012, 16:17, closed)