Saturday, 21 August 2010

MEDICAL ANALOGIES

In Physiology, there's a Law called the 'Law of the Heart', also known as the 'All or None' Law. But when it actually comes to matters of the heart, we seldom use it. Is that why doctors take the Hippocrates Oath?

It is a erroneous to say that you've given away your heart in a relation. A relationship is not an organ transplant, it's more like blood donation. You only give a fraction of what you have, and though you don't give again for another 3months, you're very likely to land up at another camp after that.

An ugly break-up is like chronic constipation. A real pain in the ass, and full of crap.

An amicable break-up on the other hand, would be an Elective surgery. Well planned and minimum soft tissue damage.

Being hung-up over your ex is like a cadaveric spasm. You're still in the same state that you were in at the time of death [of the relation.]

A rebound is like a nosocomial super-infection. Just when you thought you were getting better, you're down again. And this time, with a more resistant strain.

Falling in love is like cigarette smoking. You know you are getting into a potential health hazzard, but you're so hooked, you just refuse to believe the warning on the pack.

Meeting your potential in-laws for the first time is like Phase 4 of a Clinical trial. You want to do a market survery to gather all the rare adverse effects, but they usually come in rather late.

Marriage is like a terminal illness. And it follows the classic order of grief -
Denial [in the bedroom], Anger, Barking, Desperation, Apathy.

Putting up with an abusive spouse is like drug tolerance. The more you take it the first time, the more you are compelled to take it at all subsequent times.

An understanding spouse is like the 'Human Cloning Project'. It goes against nature's laws.

A confrontation with your spouse is like a diabetic gorging on sugar - not advisable.

Losing your temper over your spouse is like Contact Dermatitis. An irritant factor is always present.

An extra-marital affair is like a toxic fart in public. It's natural, but absolutely unacceptable. So everybody does it, but nobody owns up.

An extra-marital affair with your wife's best friend is like taking TCAs and MAO Inhibitors simultaneously. You're bound to end up with a H.T. Crisis, and you'll be the only one to blame.

A one night stand with a prostitute is like seeking a second opinion just for the heck of it. You'll go right back to your original physician, and you won't dare mention the second one.
[Speaking of sluts, why are the females called prostitutes, when it's actually the males who have a prostate?]

Murdering your spouse is like euthanesia. It may be "mercy"-killing, but it's illegal just the same.

A divorce is like radical surgery for a malignancy. Recovery entails major life-style changes. But life expectany shoots up drastically.

And finally, the only other thing in medicine, that matches the irony of a marriage, is death by drowning. When you want to float, you drown. And after you've drowned, you infact do float.

Sunday, 13 June 2010

FAIRYTALE QUERY TRAIL...

In childhood fables, why is it always the physically smaller character who emerges the "hero"? - The mouse rescues the lion, the tortoise wins against the hare, the monkey fools the crocodile, the elf helps the woodcutter, and so on.

If childhood tales are told to inculcate positive values, why did Jack steal from the giant, and why did the fox give up so soon on the grapes?

If the wicked queen would climb Rapunzel's hair each time to get into the tall tower, how did Rapunzel get inside the tower in the first place?

If Cinderella was allowed to stay out till midnight in the 16th century, why was Princess Fiona only allowed to stay out till sunset in the 21st century?

In the tale of the princess and the frog, was the prince actually cursed, or is the frog a metaphor for all males?!

Sunday, 25 April 2010

Scattered Pieces.....

A dream, a vision
A haze, a mist

A step forward, and two backward
A march into the unknown

A battle lost, a foe slain
A battle won, an enemy gained

A faint hope
In darkness i grope

Scattered bits of bones and dreams
I pick these up.....piece by piece....

Sunday, 14 February 2010

A pair of Wings.....

Walking in circles, making concentric rings
People and places, and a myriad different things
Each relation comes with it's own set of strings
This time I want a pair of wings.

Under a starry sky, I sit alone by the ocean
The distant horizon is but a notion
I want to cross over, see what the other side brings
All I want is a pair of wings.

I want to wake up in the morning without a worry
I want to relish each moment, not live it in a hurry
I want to resonate with the lark that sings
This time I want a pair of wings.