Friday, June 01, 2007

The Return Of Doctor Death

Hey, have ya heard, Doctor Jack Kevorkian -“Doctor Death”- has been released from prison after a eight year stint. Seems like it’s been longer than that, but anyway-

What will he do now? Will he make the rounds of all the talk shows? Will he write a book? Appear on the lecture circuit? A contestant on “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader”? If he does that last he might not do so good, as it takes a moron to openly flout the law and film yourself doing it, and then release the film to the press.

I don’t think he’ll be doing that anymore, which is a shame. I have no doubt that in at least some cases he provided a valuable service to some patients that really, honestly didn’t have any hope of living their final days pain free. And I’m talking real pain, from debilitating illnesses, not the dull toothache or earache kind of pain which, when you stop to think about it, are worthy of suicide themselves if there was never any hope of an end to it.

But Doctor Death had to be a showboat to make a point, and so I figure his death dealing days are over. Until, that is, it gets to the point he might avail himself of his own services.

If so, he might be well advised to not inject himself in the ass. Seeing as where he's been spending the last eight years,he might miss if he's not careful. He might even lose the needle.