Sunday
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How to Face a Medical Problem
HEY EVERYBODY!!! The 2012 Basic Instructions Desk Calendar is available NOW!!
Yes, I am aware of the typo on the order page.
Readers in the UK will have more luck ordering it from here.
Also, here's my calendar publisher's facebook page, if you want to learn more about them.
August 21, 2011
Reader Comments (20)
Think the going age is 7. Had mine out at 7. And 7 would have been funnier then 5. But panel 3 had the funniest line.
Is it just me, or is the doctor a chameleon?
I love the third panel. I really hope we get to see more of this pedophile doctor...
Did you mean "your" instead of "you" in the last panel, though?
Wow. The answer to the last line is the same as to panel 3: same as a pedophile.
Busted a gut on panel 3. Great stuff.
I originally thought the doctor was sick, because his skin has the appearance of a dead-person. Is he supposed to be zombie risen from the grave? Or is that the black & white version of an Indian persons skin tone :P
I love panel 3 xD
I'm not sure if I should be happy or not because my doctor doesn't use the same tactics as a pedophile...
On the one hand, he's not very creepy... on the other hand I don't get ice cream :c
When you're 5 you don't know what they're going to do. When you're an adult, you've usually seen people performing surgery on TV. So which is scarier; the unknown or the fully known?
Here's the link for buying the calendar in the UK (Disclaimer: I work for Calendar Club. But I read your comic anyway!)
http://www.calendarclub.co.uk/p-7072-basic-instructions-2012-desk-calendar.aspx
Note from Scott: Thanks for the heads up! I contacted my publisher, and your link is the best way for people in the UK to buy the calendar. I've added it to the post.
Tomn, it is not just you. You are both chameleons.
I guess we'll find out Wednesday, but I'm hoping this is the opener of a series on your ordeal.
clearly this is the first doctor of the strip since scott only has one pose of him in the (clip) art gallery.
curiosity is killing me, did this conversation actually happen?
--roger
Loved panel 2. "I'm not normal."
C'mon, clearly, the doctor is transparent. Except for his hair.
Chameleons being doctors is just silly.
This one got a couple of good belly-laughs from me. I hope to hear more harrowing surgery tales!
Did you really say the reply in panel 3 ? You're a genius, Scott.
Scott, I think it's time you stop going to the pediatrician and find a big-boy doctor.
Scott, I can't help but notice ... did you cast your beardless but non bald self as the doctor? Or is that a relative?
I'm 42 and since I was about 28 Dr.s keep wanting to pull my tonsils. However, the HMO I am trapped in is such that the Dr. invariably goes somewhere else within 2 years and then it's a new Dr.... who then decides I should have my tonsils yanked.... then that one is gone in 2 years... I figure my tonsils will outlive every HMO Dr.
Panel 3 got me thinking of funny permutations.
"After the operation, you can have all the icecream you want. What do you say to that?"
"I say that I'm an adult, and can already have all the icecream I want since I buy my own food. How do you know my diet doesn't consist entirely of icecream and bacon?"
"Alright, after the operation you can have all the broccoli you want."
I had to go to the doctor yesterday, I followed this advice to the letter, and everything turned out great! Thanks, Basic Instructions! *smileting*