Excuse me nurse...Can you bring the claw hammer from the utility room into exam room #14?

That will be $700 sir.

SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) - George Chandler said he feels fine, even though a nailgun fired a 2.5 inch nail into the top of his head on Friday. Chandler and a friend were doing a project in a backyard when the nailgun hose became tangled, causing the tool to fire one nail.

Chandler said Monday he told his friend he didn't know where the nail went, but he felt a sting on the top of his head.
They discovered that the nail was driven deep into Chandler's head, so they called an ambulance and he was rushed to a hospital.
Chandler said a doctor used a common claw hammer to remove the nail. He said he feels "very lucky, very, very lucky" to have escaped serious injury.

Oh wow...Shawnee is a suburb of Kansas city. I live there right now..Only in KS.....The BMW dealership is in Shawnee also!!!

Absolutely!! I fully believe in using the tool that is designed for the job. When I have a person with a nail in him, if it is stuck pretty hard, I use a claw hammer to remove it. Why is that odd? Would it be "more medical" if it was a solid stainless steel claw hammer that cost $3000?

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a disinfected hammer is the tool of choice in this case

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Let me dash another concept from you. The nail is dirty. It is already inside the bone. Using a non-disinfected hammer will not put any more germs inside the wound.

No need Doc I understand the concept.

Recalling episodes of the Sunday Night Muppet show................

DR BOB: That's right. And I've saved 6 lives this week.

GEORGE: By operating?

DR BOB: No, by not operating!

JANICE: Dr. Bob, you've given this hospital a bad name.

DR BOB: You're right. Fred is a terrible name for a hopsital. I'll give it a better name. How 'bout Eunice?

GEORGE: This is impossible! Look, do you have a license?

DR BOB: Of course! Every dog has a license. The leash laws are really rough.

GEORGE: You dummy! I mean a license to practice!

DR BOB: Yes I do, and right now I'm going to practice on you. Bongos.

PIGGY: Bongos, Dr. Bob?

GEORGE: Wait! Hold! Hol... hey! oo! ah! oo, oo, oo, oo!

And so Dr. Bob is about to begin his bongo practice. Tune in next week when we'll hear Nurse Piggy say: