Amused and a bit wistful and sad on seeing this.
One of my college buddies was a podiatrist. Really kind of bottom rung; he ran threadbare practices in places with cheap rent and catered to Medicare and Medicaid customers. This meant dealing with lots of marginal and, well, crazy people.
R__ described a patient who got extremely excited by his unlikely innovations. “Think about it! Hot dog . . . hamburger . . . SAME BUN!” {Guy stands on examination table} “HOT DOG . . . HAMBURGER! SAME BUN!”
R___ died a month or so ago. Recently enough that I found myself thinking “Oh, man, I have to send this to R___!” when I saw this story.
Sigh
