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"Osler scarfs" at Johns Hopkins are a "Friday" thing?

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danny burstein

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Oct 6, 2011, 11:10:44 PM10/6/11
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Lots of "House" fans here (many from NJ), so hopefully
someone will know the answer...

from the tv series "House", aired earlier this week (season premiere).
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Setup: House is serving a year behind bars in NJ for driving
his car into Cuddy's home [a]. He's just been told by the parole
board that, because of overcrowding, they'll let him out
in a week. But only if he behaves.

He's doing janitorial duty in the prison, and one of
his stops is in the infirmary. He overhears the new,
female, and cute... doctor make what he believes is an
error in diagnosing/treating a patient.

He suggests another course of treatment.

She asks him why he's so sure she'll follow his advice:

House: Because you're a smart, old money, trust fund girl who
took this job because (inaudible), because you
want to make a difference, because you're already getting
bored, and this (case) is getting interesting

her: Why would you say any of that?

House: Your shoes. Different, expensive pair every day.
Never leather. Which means you're both rich and liberal.
Antique locket. it's unpolished gold, (inaudible)
mixture of things, it's a family heirloom, which
means old money.

Osler scarf, but only on Fridays. which means you did your
residency at Hopkins. Which means you're smarter than our
interactions would so far indicate.


[a] Dr. Lisa Cuddy was House's boss, whiney periodic girfriend,
and an enabler for his drug addictions.

[b] William Osler was one of the founders of Johns Hopkins.


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Bermuda999

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Oct 6, 2011, 11:35:59 PM10/6/11
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> [a] Dr. Lisa Cuhttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Medicine/hstrainingprogram/aequanimitas.htmlddy was House's boss, whiney periodic girfriend,
>      and an enabler for his drug addictions.
>
> [b] William Osler was one of the founders of Johns Hopkins.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Medicine/hstrainingprogram/aequanimitas.html



danny burstein

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Oct 6, 2011, 11:57:26 PM10/6/11
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In <8eaeff11-cb0a-4c19...@p11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> Bermuda999 <bermu...@aol.com> writes:

>> Osler scarf, but only on Fridays. which means you did your
>> residency at Hopkins. Which means you're smarter than our
>> interactions would so far indicate.
>>
>> [b] William Osler was one of the founders of Johns Hopkins.

>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Medicine/hstrainingprogram/aequanimitas.html

Thanks.

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Charles Wm. Dimmick

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Oct 7, 2011, 7:48:45 AM10/7/11
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On 10/6/2011 11:10 PM, danny burstein wrote:

> House: Your shoes. Different, expensive pair every day.
> Never leather. Which means you're both rich and liberal.
> Antique locket. it's unpolished gold, (inaudible)
> mixture of things, it's a family heirloom, which
> means old money.
>
> Osler scarf, but only on Fridays. which means you did your
> residency at Hopkins. Which means you're smarter than our
> interactions would so far indicate.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Medicine/hstrainingprogram/aequanimitas.html

or
http://tinyurl.com/aequanimitas

John Hatpin

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Oct 7, 2011, 8:49:17 AM10/7/11
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danny burstein wrote:

> House: Your shoes. Different, expensive pair every day.
> Never leather. Which means you're both rich and liberal.
> Antique locket. it's unpolished gold, (inaudible)
> mixture of things, it's a family heirloom, which
> means old money.
>
> Osler scarf, but only on Fridays. which means you did your
> residency at Hopkins. Which means you're smarter than our
> interactions would so far indicate.

I don't understand how House can have learned all these things while
he was being a buffoon with Stephen Fry back in England:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMZsf0FE1R0

(WARNING: shows Hugh Laurie dressed as a woman; may shatter illusions
in North America.)
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John Hatpin

N Jill Marsh

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Oct 7, 2011, 9:48:07 AM10/7/11
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On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:49:17 +0100, John Hatpin
<RemoveThi...@gmailAndThisToo.com> wrote:

>I don't understand how House can have learned all these things while
>he was being a buffoon with Stephen Fry back in England:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMZsf0FE1R0
>
>(WARNING: shows Hugh Laurie dressed as a woman; may shatter illusions
>in North America.)

I've only seen one episode of House, it was too stupid to watch. I
have essentially no dramatic feeling for Hugh Laurie at all, other
than the odd bit of very effective pathos among the comedy.

nj"and the accent is English"m

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David J. Martin

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Oct 7, 2011, 10:24:25 AM10/7/11
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I like the touch at the bottom: (Scott to send link.)

David



Nasti J

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Oct 7, 2011, 6:02:10 PM10/7/11
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On Oct 7, 6:48 am, N Jill Marsh <njma...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've only seen one episode of House, it was too stupid to watch.  I
> have essentially no dramatic feeling for Hugh Laurie at all, other
> than the odd bit of very effective pathos among the comedy.

I liked him in Emma Thompson's version of "Sense and Sensibility"

N Jill Marsh

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Oct 7, 2011, 9:03:41 PM10/7/11
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On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 15:02:10 -0700 (PDT), Nasti J <njgi...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Yeah, he was great. Everyone was great in that movie. I consider
that primarily a comic role, though.

nj"a real pair"m

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