This seems to have worked but everything else including all recent writing and archives has disappeared. I will try not to panic and now write about my Vet.

We have also had the same Vet. for many, many years as he is a friend of my husband's cousin. In direct contrast to our dentist, the Vet. is renowned for his good looks and boundless cosy charm. Oddly, in a similar way, however, I was watching television randomly one day and there HE was. It was one of those con-the-public reality programmes and they had told a lot of yuppie bankers that their firm had introduced compulsory medical check-ups. The amusing twist was that our Vet. was doing them exactly as he would for a dog. As I remember, not one of them questioned him although they did look vaguely puzzled. Especially when he made them crouch on all-fours on the examining table; roll over; lift up their arms and legs one-by-one and pant. At the point where you would normally cough he said 'Would you mind making a sort of barking noise?. 'Rarf?'. 'Well no. I was thinking more of a 'Woof''. EVEN THEN they didn't get it. It was actually f@cking funny.
- posted by Iris @ 1/02/2004 02:56:00 PM comment