Hundred ways to avoid your MD

Luba · 11-18-2005, 08:47 AM

According to Dr. Dave Hepburn, a B.C. physician and guest speaker, has this poster hanging on his wall which is so popular his patients asked him to print it:

1. Don't worry about the future
2. Or the past
3. Wear your seat-belt
4. Walk a dog every day
5. Take the stairs
6. Be curious
7. Avoid smokers
8. Watch what you eat
9. Watch what you say
10. Don't talk with your mouth full
11. Get a massage
12. Ski: downhill, cross-country or water
13. Make time
14. Make children
15. Make time for children
16. Do crosswords
17. Avoid cross words
18. Forgive
19. Be an optimist
20. Discover romance
21. Exercise regularly
22. Tai chi
23. Plant a vegetable garden
24. Clown
25. Folic acid
26. Marry your sweetheart
27. Enjoy being single
28. Relax
29. Eat greens
30. Lawn bowl
31. Do nothing in excess
32. Do everything in excess
33. Do chicken noodle soup
34. Practise exactly what you preach
35. Make time for friends
36. Make friends
37. Reduce the calories
38. Get a flu shot
39. Reduce the carbs in your diet
40. Know your cholesterol levels
41. Do something outrageous every year
42. Write an old friend
43. Learn to love what you see in the mirror
44. Sing in your car
45. Pamper yourself once a day
46. Carpe diem (enjoyment of the present without being concerned of the future)
47. Take setbacks with a smile, then forget it
48. Cuddle
49. Use olive oil
50. Be part of your community
51. By lemonade from kids
52. Eat brussel sprouts
53. Take care of your bones
54. Be awestruck by rainbows
55. Travel
56. A long soak in a wide tub
57. Sing in a choir
58. Be generous with hugs
59. Go to the country fair
60. Pray
61. Eat fish
62. Go fishing
63. Spoil your grandchildren
64. Control your temper
65. Play an instrument
66. Power walk at the mall
67. Wrestle kids
68. Grow flowers
69. Smell flowers
70. Socialize
71. Write a poem
72. Walk in the woods
73. Check your blood pressure
74. Floss
75. Get rid of cable, except when it's time to...
76. Watch the playoffs
77. Contribute to a charity
78. Play board games
79. Avoid mind games
80. Volunteer
81. Go to the movies
82. Read poetry
83. Don't rest on your laurels
84. Rest on a soft couch
85. Hike
86. Read in bed
87. Lift weights
88. Stretch your joints
89. Visit nursing homes
90. Take medicine as prescribed
91. Get up early
92. Read the Classics
93. Read the Comics
94. Debate
95. Feed birds
96. Mess about in boats
97. Go to Church
98. Have your prostrate and/or breasts checked
99. Learn to love your job
100 listen to your doctor

Merika · 11-20-2005, 10:44 AM

After reading THAT list...guess I better marry a doctor...cause I'll be needing one everyday. LOL!

Luba · 11-20-2005, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Merika

After reading THAT list...guess I better marry a doctor...cause I'll be needing one everyday. LOL!

Merika, no lie, when I saw that there was a response from you to this post, I started giggling to myself as I was scrolling down knowing it would be very funny, and I wasn't wrong...

Merika · 11-20-2005, 12:10 PM

What's with this one:

16. Do crosswords
17. Avoid cross words

:?

Luba · 11-20-2005, 12:47 PM

I think it means do Crossword Puzzles but don't use cross words with anyone, it's the space between the words that gives them a whole new meaning...

Merika · 11-20-2005, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Luba

I think it means do Crossword Puzzles but don't use cross words with anyone, it's the space between the words that gives them a whole new meaning...

Too funny....I'm so lame sometimes!

Luba · 11-20-2005, 01:02 PM

Merika, I didn't get it at first either, until I thought about the space....between my ears