Exploring Educational Innovations

Saturday, September 03, 2005

But I don't need to be transformed!

A beautiful young lady went to a doctor for a slight headache and, after the doctor had finished examining her, she confessed to the doctor shyly, “Doctor, actually I also have this problem with gas. But it really doesn’t bother me too much. They never smell and are always silent. As a matter of fact I’ve farted at least 20 times since I’ve been here in your office. You didn’t even know I was farting because they didn’t smell and are silent.”

The doctor kept quiet for a moment and said, “I see. Take these pills and come back to see me next week.”

The next week the lady went back to the doctor, “Doctor,” she said, “What have you done! I don’t know what you gave me, but now my farts…although still silent they stink terribly!”

“Good,” said the doctor, “now that I’ve cleared up your sinuses, let’s work on your hearing.”

(From Tan, Ken. 2001. Utter Ken-fusion. Graham Brash: Singapore. p 85)

The point of this? The fish is least able to objectively describe the water it lives in.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home