[Noah930]

I know it, but I can't say it. 'Cause then I'd be labeled an arsehole.

Why do people with dog/cat bites always wait until after dinner to go to the ER? It's been bugging 'em for 12-48 hours already.

I don't blame the ER guy for calling. A surgeon should keep tabs on the exam in case something worsens. But that's not how the ER guy phrased the situation. By throwing around the name of the diagnosis (but not enough pertinent physical exam findings to back up his case for an operative candidate), he knows that legally I have to go in tonight to see the patient. It's a bit like calling 911 and telling them that your crazy neighbor is walking around the front of his house with something in his hand that looks like a gun. When it could well be a hose nozzle 'cause he's going gardening work. What are the cops going to do, not show up?