"As a physician, life and death decisions are a daily
occurrence. On rare days when no such decision avails itself, I go
to the nearest seafood restaurant and solemnly point to the most
spiteful-looking lobster and laugh menacingly as he is removed from
the tank.
Nonetheless, one day I was using my Bic Crystal ballpoint pen,
medium point, black, on rounds. On approach to the nurse station, a
rather attractive young hire pointed out that I had a thermometer
on my ear. I could only summon the wherewithal to observe that some
arse must have my pen.
Please also note that the main difference between this instrument
and a rectal thermometer is the taste."
