ANECDOTE

OFTEN PATIENTS WILL CALL A DOCTOR AT HOME TO DIAGNOSE AN ILLNESS.
OBVOIUSLY A DOCTOR CANNOT EXAMINE A MOTHER'S SICK CHILD OVER THE
PHONE. THUS, THE CLASSIC RESPONSE IS, AFTER A MOTHER HAS DESCRIBED
THE CHILS'S AILMENTS, "WELL, MRS. JONES, I CAN'T REALLY TELL,
COULD YOU HOLD THE CHILD A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE PHONE?" I'VE
OVERHEARD MY DAD (AN M.D.) USE THIS LINE MANY TIMES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT