The Lockhorns by Bunny Hoest and John Reiner for March 12, 2024

Smooth operator

Who are those other two in the gallery? They look bored—must have seen this show before.

Leroy liked the price.

Looks like Leroy’s not the only one getting scalped.

Aren’t the viewers also supposed to wear masks, and keep their traps shut?!

Much better!

Launch Junior Mint…….NOW!!

On the plus side, the ending will be a complete surprise. You can write the first review.

Our pre-med students were encouraged to watch films of various kinds of operations, shown every Thursday. Those who succumbed to the “puke factor” at first thus learned to deal with it.

Cheapstake is the straight word

Hmm, I don’t recall seeing tickets listed to operations at the local hospital on Ticketmaster.

Can’t be any gorier than an R rated horror flick.

Years ago I wanted to be an Operating Room Technician, it is surprising how many people cannot stand to see blood, the smell in an autopsy and the sight of needles, some guys even pass out

I’m a medical coder, and once in a while a physician will actually call it a “theater.” “The patient was brought into the operating theater and placed in the Trendelenburg position…” I’ve always chucked to see the word “theater” in that context, but I guess there’s some basis to it after all. Nonetheless I continue to chuckle when I see it worded that way. One wonders if popcorn was served in the gallery.

Aren’t these theaters normally attended only by students?

I should think Loretta would be holding back her bile, but then, we’ve seen her cooking.

Where the blood and gore are real, not Special Effects.

I would watch real surgery. Just not on my dog. I think I would have trouble with that. Television surgery isn’t even close to the real thing, I have been told. I assume that is true.

Good idea Leroy if you or Loretta get sick you are in the right place

[Redacted] was born in 1904 in Camelon, Falkirk, Scotland, the son of Annie and Thomas[REDACTED], an iron moulder. In 1910, his family emigrated to Canada, where they settled in Winnipeg. Shortly before he left Scotland, hefell and injured his right knee. Osteomyelitis set in and he underwent a number of operations in Scotland in an attempt to cure the condition. Later in Winnipeg, the osteomyelitis flared up again, and he was sent to hospital. Doctors there told his parents his leg would have to be amputated; however, a well-known orthopedic surgeon took interest and agreed to treat him for free if his parents allowed medical students to observe. After several operations, his leg was saved. This experience convinced him that health care should be free to all. Many years later, he told an interviewer, “I felt that no boy should have to depend either for his leg or his life upon the ability of his parents to raise enough money to bring a first-class surgeon to his bedside.” The little boy was Tommy Douglas who brought national health to Canada. Good things do come from medical theatres. https://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Tommy_Douglas

BTW, Tommy’s son-in-law is Donald Sutherland and his grandson is Kiefer.

In a national TV contest, conducted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 2004, he was crowned “Greatest Canadian” by viewers in an online vote.

Technically, a surgeon does not hold a scalpel in each hand at the same time. The anesthetist is asleep, ha!

Haha! (＾▽＾)