grrr...stupid people!

[jhu]

man some people are so stupid.

me: so what's the problem?
him: i've been having pain in my right anterior abdominal area
me: you don't drink do you?
him: yeah
me: how much?
him: about 3 beers a day
me: any medications?
him: well, i do take acetaminophen...
me: i see. did you know acetaminophen and alcohol don't mix?
him: huh?
me: 5% of acetaminophen is metabolized by an enzyme called cyp2e1 which produces...
him: eh?
me: ...n-acetyl-p-benzoquinoneimine. if there's too much of this compound, it can't be detoxified fast enough
him: er...
me: alcohol induces expression of the cyp2e1 enzyme. and when taken with acetaminophen, there is an excess production of n-acetyl-p-benzoquinoneimine which can't be detoxed fast enough causing liver problems.
him: can i go now? i need a drink.
me: @#$@$%#$%^

jeez, some people just don't get it.

 

[LAUST]

Talk to Viper he knows your pain today

 

[Pretender]

heh


(...you were kidding, right?)

 

[Cretin]

If I hadn't personally known about people like that, I don't think I'd believe that they existed.

Just kidding though... Maybe he was just confused, and (obviously) didn't understand all that babbling (to him it musta been babbling).

Cretin

 

[jhu]

pretender, yes but i have a feeling i'll really get to see people like that

 

[Redwingsguy]

haha that does sound kinda confuseing though!

 

[Gatsby]

Its not as bad as

"Why does my chair get hot when I leave it out in the sun?"

When I did customer service, I hda to answer this question.

Gatsby

 

[Pretender]

<< Why does my chair get hot when I leave it out in the sun?&quot;

When I did customer service, I hda to answer this question. >>




What company was that for? Some sort of pre-school?

 

[Crysla]

jhu...

I have a pain in my....

Princess

 

[Gatsby]

pretender.

It was a customer service company that serviced Lawn Chairs..

Gatsby

 

[WombatWoman]

Ah, jhu, I feel your pain. I once had a long dialogue in which I failed to convince a middle-aged man that he (along with all of mankind) had only one liver. Apparently this fellow had been taught in a high school biology class that the human body has two of all the really essential organs (although he admitted that he knew that he had only one heart.) I dragged a nurse into the conversation, and we finally convinced the idiot that he could not live without his one and only liver.

As the nurse left, I heard her humming a catchy little tune. Later I remembered the name of the tune. It was &quot;If I Only Had a Brain,&quot; from &quot;The Wizard of Oz.&quot;

 

[jhu]

crysla, lemme come over and see what's wrong...

wombatwoman, annoying aren't they? but they sure make good stories.

 

[WombatWoman]

They make good sources of transplantable organs too, jhu.

 

[jhu]

oh boy, liver! iron helps us play!

 

People in the medical professions must deal with the common folk with words that we can understand. Some of those details are confusing and unnecessary. Shoulda' just dropped it at, &quot;Don't do that, it's bad for you.&quot;

 

[jhu]

haha! sound familiar?