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At least I recognise a corpse

04 May 2011

If being able to wire a three-pin plug makes someone an expert in their field, Copperfield says, maybe we need a new definition.

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Anonymous,
04 May 2011
But have you been on a corpse recognition course in the last 5 years and did you reflect on it? Rog Neal
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Anonymous,
05 May 2011
Thanks again Tony (sorry, Dr Copperfield, to show you're an expert), you've made me splutter into my hot chocolate with laughter again. You deserve recognition for raising the morale of GPs. There, that's something else you're an expert in.
And to Rog Neal, how did it change your practice? diana smallwood
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Anonymous,
05 May 2011
Electrician, plumber, aerial installer, writer,astronomer, G.P. - and still not in the top 50 ! Perhaps you should get a bow-tie !
Vic Bradbury Victor Bradbury
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Anonymous,
06 May 2011
In another life as a police surgeon I was once asked to certify a 20ft long red smear on the A38. ?Dead - certainly but no idea if it was once human.
Now was it the red or black which is Liv............... Stephen Robinson
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