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Bumped Up Surgeons

Hand surgeon, aptly named Charlie Had a habit most folk view bizarrely Each day before patients lay on his table He sniffed a line or two which made him able To slice and dice, hyped up head felt cathartic Injuries presented, varied and complex Imbibed biological Bibles, known reflex Mere matchstick puzzle, bones twenty seven Mirror met snow snakes, elongated elevens Intensified his focus on anethesised subjects Doc performs ops. at astounding rates Each one completed, eager Charlie takes Another line, consumed with smoothest relish Ability to tinker successfully, truly embellished Speed increase propels the money he makes! High as Heaven Charlie felt himself a professor Straight surgery defunct, fine skills suppressor To rip skin open and zip through job, elating Benefits of blow for bone shifts, no debating Need to nourish nostrils with coke, incessant 11th September 2020 Of course, this phenomena is common in many industries, including surgery. Not sure if in contemporary time, surgeons are drug tested, but I doubt they are. - Have been told first hand by a surgeon that it's regularly practiced to hone their performance. - Unfortunately, patients are not audiences being performed to!! - Perhaps the general public has faith in their white collar workers, to avoid overuse.

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Date: 9/11/2020 4:46:00 PM
Hello Sigrid … I did here once that doctors bury their mistakes, but who could make a mistake with a nose lined with white powder - certainly an interesting poem Sigrid - Lindsay
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Sigrid Ermine
Date: 9/11/2020 6:04:00 PM
.... She don't like, she don't like, she don't like - - cocaine - - - - du du du du du duuhn
Date: 9/11/2020 11:43:00 AM
One must always remember American medical personnel are in business to earn a profit, but first they must repay student loans, so your health and welfare are way way down their list of priorities! Aloha! Rico
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Sigrid Ermine
Date: 9/11/2020 4:12:00 PM
Aloha! ... Valid considerations. Yes, they're at the core. I assumed after writing this, industry drugs are probably much more sophisticated, less 'street,' than eighteen years ago, when I was told this by a youngish surgeon.
Date: 9/11/2020 4:48:00 AM
Nice Quintain Sigrid, as well as interesting and educational - by the way, I'm cancelling that procedure I had scheduled; I appreciate the heads up. mm
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Sigrid Ermine
Date: 9/11/2020 4:51:00 AM
... Evil laugh... Maybe try witch craft!!

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