Dirk The Daring found this in The New Yorker. Of course a statistically significant percentage of New Yorker cartoons are CIDUs, but this one seems close to making sense. Something about her big ears and the ENT in the window?! Anyone? Bueller??
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Dr. “Peeping” Tom appears to be interested in the lady’s exposed ears, but the gag is that he is misusing an otoscope as a primitive telescope to see them better. Yes, those devices usually have a magnifying lens, but it is very short range and would not work at that distance.
Just adding the detail explicitly that the otoscope is in normal use an instrument for examining the ears. (As eager etymologists could predict!) Hence this peeper’s interest in the lady’s prominent ears.
Yes, the more common form of that fancy name is otolaryngologist. But that gives you ear and throat, and if you want nose explicitly included as well, the even longer form otorhinolaryngologist is available too.
Dr. “Peeping” Tom appears to be interested in the lady’s exposed ears, but the gag is that he is misusing an otoscope as a primitive telescope to see them better. Yes, those devices usually have a magnifying lens, but it is very short range and would not work at that distance.
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Just adding the detail explicitly that the otoscope is in normal use an instrument for examining the ears. (As eager etymologists could predict!) Hence this peeper’s interest in the lady’s prominent ears.
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Is he looking at her ear, or watching her TV?
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An Ent?
I was looking for Treebeard, but all I see is a creepy doctor with boundary issues.
:-P
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Or otorhinolaryngologist. For short.
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@Grawlix, obsolete description of a medical specialty. Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor. These days, mine calls himself an otolaryngologist.
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I did look it up, but I just thought a Lord O’ The Rings reference would be funnier. :-)
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I like Grawlix’s (4) version better.
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Yes, the more common form of that fancy name is otolaryngologist. But that gives you ear and throat, and if you want nose explicitly included as well, the even longer form otorhinolaryngologist is available too.
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For Treebeard, I think the headline would need to be changed from “Page…” to “Leaf an ENT, stat!”.
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