Humor
Selected favorites from the original health humor collection, covering medicine, bad habits, and modern sickcare absurdities.
I have an ear ache.
2000 B.C.E. - Here, eat this root.
1000 C.E. - That root is heathen, say this prayer.
1850 C.E. - That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.
1940 C.E. - That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.
1965 C.E. - That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.
1999 C.E. - That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.
Medical studies have proven you can still live with only one lung.
Secondhand smoke only affects those who breathe it.
Cigarettes don't kill, matches do.
Nicotine is not addictive because you know you could quit if you really wanted to.
There have been no medical tests to conclusively prove smoking is a teeth-staining, smelly, pukey habit.
You lose arguments with inanimate objects.
You have to hold onto the lawn to keep from falling off the earth.
Your doctor finds traces of blood in your alcohol stream.
The parking lot seems to have moved while you were in the bar.
Your idea of cutting back is less salt.
This page gathers a selection of vintage favorites from the health humor collection.