Friday, September 25, 2009

A courageous conversation

If you write for the New York Times or teach race and gender studies at American colleges for long enough, it seems entirely reasonable, listening to a patient profess satisfaction with her present health insurance arrangements, to respond, “You know, if you re-sewed the back of that hospital gown so your ass wasn’t showing, your Klan sheet would be as good as new.”

2 comments:

  1. Where's the Don't worry--says Tecs--.. label?

    Jeez, you're slippin, Tecs.

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  2. Maybe I should get back to "Don't worry, be happy, have some more ouzo?"

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