Comments on: 2010: Will irony will show us the way? http://drkaplan.co.uk/2010/01/provocative-therapy/2010-maybe-irony-will-show-us-the-way/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Dr. Kaplan http://drkaplan.co.uk/2010/01/provocative-therapy/2010-maybe-irony-will-show-us-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Dr. Kaplan Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:03:11 +0000 http://drkaplan.co.uk/2010/01/health/2010-maybe-irony-will-show-us-the-way/#comment-257 :-) and Happy New Year to u2 XtalDave It would be a poor doctor indeed who used irony to treat syphilis. All medical interventions have their place including penicillin, homeopathy, humour and irony. When using irony (and homeopathy for that matter) you do need to get the patient's explicit permission. This is vital. Good to see you use the word 'chortle'. It was the one among many neologisms created by Lewis Carroll in <a href="http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html" rel="nofollow">Jabberwocky</a> in A<em>lice through the Looking Glass</em>. A blend of snort and chuckle that made it into the dictionaries. :-) and Happy New Year to u2 XtalDave It would be a poor doctor indeed who used irony to treat syphilis. All medical interventions have their place including penicillin, homeopathy, humour and irony. When using irony (and homeopathy for that matter) you do need to get the patient’s explicit permission. This is vital.

Good to see you use the word ‘chortle’. It was the one among many neologisms created by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky in Alice through the Looking Glass. A blend of snort and chuckle that made it into the dictionaries.

]]> By: XtalDave http://drkaplan.co.uk/2010/01/provocative-therapy/2010-maybe-irony-will-show-us-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-256 XtalDave Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:06:41 +0000 http://drkaplan.co.uk/2010/01/health/2010-maybe-irony-will-show-us-the-way/#comment-256 I'm confused. So your use of Homoeopathy is Ironic? *chortle* Happy new year. I’m confused. So your use of Homoeopathy is Ironic?
*chortle*

Happy new year.

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