So I was at the doctors', and in due course she asked me 'What exercise do you do?'
'Oh, swimming, yoga, jogging...' the lies pour out, fluently.
'And you're a non-smoker.'
'Oh yes...'
Generally I 'm quite truthful, but I always seem to lie to doctors, what's that all about? They don't really care, do they? Is it just me?
In other news, after careful consideration, weighing up manifestos, reasoned political strategic thinking, I believe I have made my choice:
Boris - stupid hair, ridiculous voice. (And he's a Tory.)
Ken - arrogant, ridiculous voice.
Brian - he's alright, but
Sian - is a woman, and thus beats him.
Vote Green, y'all!
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Sian also looks quite foxy in the Mayoral candidates booklet (well, relatively speaking.) This is obviously very important and will therefore influence my choice significantly.
Doctors expect lies. I'm sure they lie to themselves about how much they drink anyway.
I'm still voting Ken first though I think the Eton chappie will walk it.
I reckon all doctors halve what people tell them re: exercise and double what people tell them about drugs and drink. If I was a doctor I would employ that sort of mental calculation.
I knew a shrink who said that whenever anyone said to him, re. their drinking, "Oh, you know, a glass of wine with dinner," he always wrote, "Alcoholic," in their notes.
You're right, doctors don't care. They're quite nice here, because of their bluntness. I've more or less been told, 'to do some exercise, you fat, lazy git,' that I drink, smoke (have stopped) and drink coffee too much and that I'd probably drop dead of emphysema soon. Much more fun that being told to take an aspirin.
Del, I quite fancy her and I'm not even gay.
Geoff - noooooh! Is that the general consensus? We're all fucked...
RoMo, hah, you're so right.
BiB, I bet German doctors are quite frightening and don't beat around the bush. Spanish doctors were quite blunt too I recall. English doctors are probably too knackered to get worked up about anything.
she'd get my vote too. y'know, if i lived in London and had one.
as for lying to the doc, i find it usually ends in tears and blood tests. much better that you admit to being a couch potato alcoholic waste of space than that they start testing for mad diseases because you persistently lie about your saintly diet and olympian exercise regime.
Oh jesus for the love of god no, Boris can't get in! If you're reading this, and you live in London, please go out and vote for someone else.
Did anyone else read that idiotic article in Saturday's Guardian about how if Boris got in, the journalist chappie was going to move to Scotland? If anyone else is feeling the same way, I can confirm that there are other parts of England that aren't London.
I'm with Rosie - never lie to the doctor. Lying to insurance people is another matter entirely.
How can he possibly get in? His whole campaign seems to be 'Vote for me. I'm posh and charming.'
Don't vote for any of them. It only encourages them. Then they'll have to go out and find proper jobs......oh bugger, I've just gone and voted as well.
Why isn't there a box on the ballot paper marked "None of the above"?
Yes, or a little box with an empty space for you to write your own name! Vote for me!! I'd sort 'em out.
They actually do that in local elections in France - you can add your own name, or the name of anyone else you think should be mayor or a mayoral henchperson. Apparently it creates a massive atmosphere of paranoia.
we've an unofficial version of that here... back in 1990 (and in many elections since) a significant percentage of votes for the irish general election were spoiled by people voting for Dustin the Turkey.
he's ireland's hope for the eurovision song contest this year.
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