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Weekly humor columns from the mind of humorist Bill Drury

Archives for the ‘Health’ Category

Aging Gracefully

By Billy • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Health

Back when I was a kid I could have cut one of my legs off above the knee on a rusty slide and within thirty seconds my body would have completely healed itself.  And in no time at all I’d be back running and jumping as if nothing had ever happened.
But now in the middle [...]



DIAGNOSIS UNKNOWN, BUT IT’S DEFINITELY BAD

By Billy • Jan 16th, 2009 • Category: Health

The world is full of crazy people; some think they are reincarnated famous people like Napoleon, George Washington, Jesus Christ, or Barney Fife.  While others are convinced they are communicating with alien life forms.  And get this; there are actually people walking around out there, unsupervised, who think they’re able to talk with the, ready [...]



The Nerve of Sciatica

By Billy • Oct 9th, 2008 • Category: Health

Sciatica, for the luckily uninfected, is a tender stabbing pain which originates in the middle of your left butt cheek and travels down all the way to China.  For those of you who are fortunate enough to have NEVER experienced searing sciatica soreness, I can best characterize it here by telling you to go get [...]



Twenty Things You Don’t Want To Hear Your Doctor Say

By Billy • Oct 2nd, 2008 • Category: Health

1.  Yes nurse, or should I say “Miss Obvious?”  I realize I just accidently chopped off his head.   Don’t just stand there, go get the duct tape.
2.  Removing an appendix is so easy even a janitor can do it.  You wanna bet?  Okay, hey, you, yes you, the janitor.  Come over here.  What’s your name?  [...]



To See Or Not To See, That Is The Question

By Billy • Sep 12th, 2008 • Category: Health

The main problem associated with getting older is that the warranties on your body parts start to run out around age 50, like, for example, the warranty on your eyeballs.  And before you know it, in order to read the newspaper, you have to move the newspaper further and further away from your face until [...]



CUT RIPPED, BULDGING MUSCLES, IF YOU LIKE THAT SORT OF THING

By Billy • Apr 27th, 2008 • Category: Health

If you stepped out of the shower and your mirror shielded its eyes and screamed: “OH LORD!  PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!  MY EYES!  MY EYES!  DOES ANYONE KNOW A GOOD OPTOMETRIST?” and then took out a restraining order against you; it might be time for you to seriously consider working out on a fulltime basis.
Okay, [...]



You’ve Got To Be Hosing Me

By Billy • Sep 14th, 2007 • Category: Health, Life

Guys, we all can agree that our yearly physicals can be a real pain in the butt, especially when your doctor comes at you with a snapped-on plastic glove, and with plans to poke at your prostate with his index finger using the same level of intensity and determination normally associated with a frantic 5th [...]