Apparently one doctor arm-wrestles his patients to see if they’re fit for driving.
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In America, if they can drive themselves to your office and make it through the insurance/ID/HIPAA screening, they are probably fit to drive.
In America, if they can drive to the trial attorney’s office, they are probably fit to drive…
In America, if they can drive themselves to the assisted living home/nursing home, they are probably fit to drive…
The lady was 79 years old. She was asked the following items:
1. Who is the prime minister of Sweden (she didn’t know – correct answer is Göran Persson)
2. Who is the prime minister of Denmark (she didn’t know – correct answer is Anders Rasmussen)
3. Which country won the world championship in soccer this year (she didn’t know – correct answer is Italy)
4. What are the speed limits on the motorways as opposed to secondary roads? (her answer: the limits are given on roadsigns – which is the correct answer)
So, the answered the only relevant question correctly. As for questions number 1 and 3, I didn’t know the answer to them either.
As for arm wrestling, perhaps her doctor hasn’t yet grasped the for some relatively new-fangled servo technology.
What is refreshing here, is however that the lady went to see another doctor. Which is, of course the only correct course of action if you feel that the first one is in error. Not contacting a lawyer. Not writing to the Board of Health. Not waiting at home, feeling sorry for yourself and planning revenge.
So if you don’t care about soccer you are not fit to drive. Maybe this doctor’s doc should ask him questions about opera.
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