Afternoon badinage: “Hey, doc, warm that thing up first!”

31 thoughts on “Afternoon badinage: “Hey, doc, warm that thing up first!””

1. Not fake….trained monkey

   1. It’s ape! Don’t let the librarian hear that! 😉

2. Be interesting to see somebody do a study of facial expressions across species to figure out where some of them most likely arose on the various evolutionary trees. I suspect we would be able to communicate surprisingly effectively with our 100 MYA ancestors….

   b&

   1. The squinty eyes is a protective reflex, so that will go a long ways back.

   2. Darwin sort of did this in “The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals,” published in 1872.

      1. I had no clue he had written any such thing!

         The complete text, including illustrations and photographs(!) is available online:

         http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1227

         b&

         1. Yeah – he was one smart guy.

3. I’ll bet Momma Gorilla wasn’t peacefully watching nearby.

4. too much cuteness

   I don;t anthropomorphize homo sapiens

   gorillas are awesome

5. Squeee

6. Anyone who has a hard time believing the authenticity of the above pic should have a look at this video of a cat-loving, sign-language using gorilla 😉

   1. I had the pleasure of meeting Koko at Stanford in the early 70s. She was afraid of my dog…

      1. I guess that means she’s a cat-only person, I mean gorilla 😉

         1. Well, she is part of the family….

            b&

            1. I had Ouaga off-leash among the eucalyptus when we stumbled on Koko and her keeper, Penny. Penny politely asked me to put Ouaga back on the leash so as not to terrify Koko. I don’t remember if Ouaga was even scared of Koko (being only a 35 lb dog.) Saw Koko a couple of other times around campus, riding shot-gun (Koko, that is) in Penny’s Bug. The whole kitty story was so wonderful, until Kitty got killed…

            2. I envy you. I’d be honored and delighted and most privileged to make Ms. Koko’s acquaintance.

               b&

            3. I wonder if Koko is still among the living?

            4. @Merilee,
               Koko is still around, still teaching us stuff:

               http://news.wisc.edu/23941

            5. They should get a music therapist to work with Koko….

               b&

            6. Wow, thanks, ratabago!! I’ll watch the videos in the morning when I’m more awake;-)

            7. I’ll 2nd Ben on that.

         2. Hey, if corporations can be people, gorillas surely fit the bill far better, and most especially any gorilla who loves a cat. (Can corporations love cats, or might they just love make money off their images?)

7. I like that one juxtaposed with the human baby:

   https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/33/45/41/3345416c07f7015e33404a5e603da78f.jpg

8. Anyone who’s had a colonoscopy can identify with that look.

   1. Not sure I agree. The trauma of the preparation for the procedure left me incapable of any showing any emotions.

      1. Last one I had, the fire alarm went off in the building one minute before they were about to put the tube in (already had the IV in my hand). Had to be disconnected and walk down two flights. By the time they began again I was actually quite mellowed out from the hilarity of everyone bundled up outside with the fire trucks. Turned out to be a tiny wastebasket fire on another floor. And fortunately I was in my clothes, and not a bare-assed hospital gown.

         1. Sounds like just another day at the office, huh Merilee? 🙂

            1. yup, lots o’ laffs;-) I have no idea what they would have done if someone had been “connected”?

9. It’s clearly a fake! Sorry, couldn’t resist.

10. Why I am always nice to medical students – one day if I am ever a patient, maybe they will warm the stethoscope first!

    1. Not to mention the speculum. I had a family doc way back whom we knew socially. I once made a smart-assed comment and he threatened to put the speculum in an ice-bucket next time. I had my infant son in for an exam and said I hoped he, the doc, got peed on. Well i wasn’t fast enough with the diaper and I had to leave the doctor’s office with the front of my blue dress covered in pee and the insides of my shoes as well…30 years ago and I can still feel the sloshing feet…

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