Friday, September 30, 2011

I love my patients

PGYx: Sir, are you right or left handed?
Mr. Literal (adorable old man w/history of schizophrenia): Left handed.
PGYx: Oh, so do you consider yourself to be a creative person?
Mr. Literal: No! I'm not creative, not artistic. Not one bit! Why do you ask?
PGYx: Well, I've met a lot of left-handed folks who "think outside the box."
Mr. Literal: [without missing a beat] Well, I am schizophrenic!

We both immediately burst into laughter, which sounds inappropriate on my part, but it totally wasn't.

Mr. Literal: I knew I could get a smile out of you!

3 comments:

Christopher said...

Everybody loves an affable schizophrenic :)

a said...

this is cute :)

Emily said...

Haha! Aw. That's fantastic that you two could share a laugh about it.