(doctor): "Scalpel."

(nurse hands over instrument): "Scalpel."

(d): "Sponge."

(n hands it over): "Sponge."

(d): "Snu."

(baffled nurse): "What's snu?"

"Nothing much. What's new with you?"

(say it fast and listen close)

Cute vignette, Lynn. And yes, there are many comedy teams which could've done this or something similar. A Marx Brothers bit from one of their early movies comes to my mind.


Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing