Lynn’s Comments: This observation about the ceiling is directly related to the origin of this comic strip. Since patients spend a lot of time looking at an examining room ceiling, I asked my obstetrician to put something interesting on his. He said, “You’re the cartoonist. I challenge you to draw something for me to put up there!”
A former dentist put up pictures of his land and house in the country with some cute, stupid, name and had some caption like ‘this is what you get if you work hard’. He wasn’t pleased when he found out I had more acreage than he did. He was a pompous jerk.
In junior high school I had to learn wrestling in gym class. There was a message on the ceiling which read “If you can read this you are in serious trouble”.
When my wife was pregnant with our second one, she went in for a check up. They put her in an examination room and then forgot about her. I think she was in there a couple of hours before they happened to look in and see her.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
you said to be asked anything, doctor
thayona about 5 years ago
I had an OB that had posters on the ceiling!
Lucy Rudy about 5 years ago
Me too. Still tensed up anyway.
Jabroniville Premium Member about 5 years ago
This one goes WAY back- Lynn used it for her “We’re Pregnant” book that got her career started years before this.
masnadies about 5 years ago
Lynn’s Comments: This observation about the ceiling is directly related to the origin of this comic strip. Since patients spend a lot of time looking at an examining room ceiling, I asked my obstetrician to put something interesting on his. He said, “You’re the cartoonist. I challenge you to draw something for me to put up there!”
nosirrom about 5 years ago
And do all of the ceiling tiles have 1,387 holes like that one?
Nighthawks Premium Member about 5 years ago
seems like a good idea to have something to read in there…..the wait in the little room after you graduate from the
‘waiting room’ is sometimes even longer
MermaidStitcher about 5 years ago
I was having a scan and pointed out the spider web in the corner of the ceiling to the nurse.
rshive about 5 years ago
When I go to a doctor’s office, I always ask if anyone has died of beige poisoning.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 5 years ago
I have asked my dentist to have a TV on the ceiling for years. Still no TV. …sigh
PoodleGroomer about 5 years ago
Giant stains on the ceiling always have an interesting story.
circleM about 5 years ago
A former dentist put up pictures of his land and house in the country with some cute, stupid, name and had some caption like ‘this is what you get if you work hard’. He wasn’t pleased when he found out I had more acreage than he did. He was a pompous jerk.
bloodykate about 5 years ago
LOL!
USN1977 about 5 years ago
In junior high school I had to learn wrestling in gym class. There was a message on the ceiling which read “If you can read this you are in serious trouble”.
coffeeturtle about 5 years ago
All that wait time for a one-minute observation.
howtheduck about 5 years ago
“Well, well, there you are!” It’s bad when the doctor has been looking for you and can’t find you.
Scoutmaster77 about 5 years ago
She’s got time on her hands.
Doctor_McCoy about 5 years ago
I’m a doctor, not a painter!
gooddavid about 5 years ago
When my wife was pregnant with our second one, she went in for a check up. They put her in an examination room and then forgot about her. I think she was in there a couple of hours before they happened to look in and see her.