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12 Responses to “ Past-Life Pirate Possession Syndrome ”

1. carol
   April 1st, 2009 at 6:59 pm
   

   I suppose the pirate bursting in will prevent the patient being operated on by surgeons who have contaminated their gloves by wearing them to put on their masks and caps, and roll up their surgical gown sleeves… while using an untested anaesthetic… I think I’d rather have the pirate myself!

2. Sean Duggan
   April 2nd, 2009 at 7:15 am
   

   ^_^ I think you mean “assistance of the Spirit of Vengeance”. But indeed, an amusing medical condition.

3. Lianne
   April 2nd, 2009 at 8:40 am
   

   Man, when I was under “Twilight” anasthesia for my wisdom teeth I thought I only had DREAMS of being a pirate! Who knew it was my past life personality trying to surface? Now I wish I had gone for the full stuff :-(

4. the Original Keith
   April 2nd, 2009 at 9:12 am
   

   Scott, these medical cels you post never fail to crack me up. Suppose pirates just start showing up everywhere, bursting in on women giving birth, cutting the umbilicus with a slash of a rusty cutlass, performing emergency Caesarians…

   “I’m sorry Ma’am, your insurance doesn’t cover Pirate-therapy…”

5. Bash
   April 2nd, 2009 at 10:23 am
   

   I like how using a untested anesthetic is a risk the “doctors” have to take. I’m guessing this was written well before the whole concept of “Informed Consent”.

   Doc #1 – I want to use this new untested anesthetic on the patient. It may have possiblly lethal side effects, such as PLPPS.
   Doc #2 – We better talk to the patient and see if they might be at risk for PLPPS.
   Doc #3 – That’s crazy talk! I know you(Doc #2) were a loose cannon, get out of my OR!

   But then again, in the doctors defence, the patient did burst out of the OR in a physcotic episode thinking they were a pirate. So maybe the doctors were taking a risk.

6. the Original Keith
   April 2nd, 2009 at 11:08 am
   

   Lianne: I had no idea they were putting people under by showing them the movie ‘Twilight’. Doesn’t that violate the Hippocratic oath?

7. Lianne
   April 2nd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
   

   tOK: Dear lord…if they tried to put me under by making me watch the movie “Twilight” I might have knocked myself out…with a sledgehammer. Can’t stand vampire angst.

   Isn’t that what they call call the anasthesia that knocks you out but doesn’t put you as fully uner as the general kind? Or was my oral surgeon just talking down to me? LOL

8. the Original Keith
   April 2nd, 2009 at 2:21 pm
   

   No, you’re right. “Twilight Sleep’ is the phrase I heard used.

9. Lord_Biff
   April 2nd, 2009 at 9:20 pm
   

   Thanks for the advice, because I asked about Past-Life Pirate Possession Syndrome my surgery has been cancelled while I undergo psychiatric evaluation ( whatever that is)

10. googum
    April 3rd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
    

    I had this one in a old digest, and the battle is crazy fun. But, what be the benefit of an untested anesthesia? I mean, how much more out does the patient need to be? That always bugged me.

11. Mike Blake
    April 3rd, 2009 at 5:19 pm
    

    I recognized that first panel immediately.

    Of course, this was way before they came up with that “God’s Spirit of Vengance” stuff. I really enjoyed the Fox-Anderson Spectre, and even the Neal Adams take on him towards the end of that run.

    Compared to today’s version, he even shows concern when he rescues a kid in one issue who is scared of him. He mutters something like “no innocent need ever fear the Spectre!”

    Now he probably wouldn’t even rescue a bystander, but would mutter “Add another innocent life to the toll of your sorry existence, mortal scum!” before turning the villain into a smoking pile of wet entrails…

12. D4
    April 8th, 2009 at 10:53 am
    

    Twilight Sleep? They’re still using that? I’ve always had negative associations with that, since it wipes the memory of the experience…okay, quick wikipedia check suggests that it’s not used for childbirth anymore, but nothing about anything else.

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