# Crunchy Frog visits the doctor (a bit long) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281 "2001-03-08T23:43:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/1 "2001-03-08T23:43:47Z")
A little background first: Some years ago I was in an accident that damaged my right knee. A month or so ago, I twisted my knee again and finally went to the doctor about it about a week and a half ago. This doctor (Dr. Hoffman) suggested surgery, which I want to avoid. I asked him to refer me to Dr. Rao, the doctor who originally worked on my knee. (I couldn’t go straight to Rao because he’s not covered by my insurance company, but insurance will cover any visits to any doctor my current point of contact doctor refers me to. Does that make sense?) So I go to Dr. Rao, who immediately chastized me for not keeping up my physical therapy and the fact that I’m still smoking. He checked out my knee and agreed that surgery could be avoidable if I build up my knee strength again. Which means I go back to physical therapy. He also suggested I lose some weight. Thanks doc, how about next time before you suggest someone loses weight, you actually weigh them on a scale or something? It’s sort of disheartening to go into the doctor office and you take one look at them and say, “You could stand to lose some weight.” Tact, doc, it’s called tact. I know I need to lose weight, I have to look at myself naked in the mirror everyday when I get out of the shower. I don’t need you taking one glimpse of my fat ass and declaring it a matter of medical necessity. So before putting me on an excerise regimen (apparently the one I had planned for myself would be too strenuous for a fat bastard like myself to start with), Dr. Rao said I should have a physical, since I haven’t had a complete physical since I left the Air Force five years ago. So I made an appointment to come back the next day (which would be this morning) for a physical. Now in my mind, I think I’m there to get checked out to see how much abuse my knee will take. I started by waiting in the waiting room and finally the receptionist called my name and I was led to an examination room. I was told to strip to my underwear and have a seat. So I did, and of course the only place to sit is on that little bed-like contraption, the padding of which is that special shade of green which is only found on the padding of those bed-like contraptions in examination rooms. So I sat on the deli paper, feeling like a ham and swiss on rye, wishing there was a heater or something in the room, because quite frankly, it was cold in there. It was damn cold. It was nipples-so-hard-they-could-cut-glass cold. After a few minutes, I started to get paranoid and I was sure that the doctor and his assistants were looking at me through a peephole somewhere, all having a good laugh at the fat man on the deli paper. I tested my theory by getting off the bed-like thing and licking all the tongue depressors. If I was being watched, the doctor would be in soon to make me stop. The doctor arrived just before I was about to have some fun with the little thing they use to check out your ears and told me to have a seat on the bed-like thing again. He talked about my knee problems for a few minutes and sent me to get X-rays to make sure everything is attached the way it should be in there. (I suddenly realized my point-of-contact doctor didn’t do this and made a mental note to myself to change point-of-contact doctors on my insurance when I got home.) After the X-rays, the doctor took my blood pressure, checked my ears (making me glad I didn’t have time to do what I was planning to do with that thing), and the tongue depressor bit (which I didn’t mind until I started wondering how many other bored people had taken to licking the tongue depressors?). Then it’s time for the hernia test. No big deal, done this before. After the turning-your-head-and-cough bit, I started to pull my underwear back up. “Not so fast,” said the doctor, “We need to check your prostate.” Who what huh? “No, no,” I said, “No need for that. I’m just here to make sure I can excerise on my knee.” “You haven’t had a complete physical in 5 years and you want to start a diet and excersise program,” said the doctor. “You need a _complete_ physical.” “No,” I argue, “I just need to know if my knee can handle an excercise program. I’m 27. There’s nothing wrong with my prostate or anything in that general area. In fact, that’s the one part of me that still works properly and doesn’t ache in the morning.” Of course there’s no arguing with a doctor for long, so we’ll just skip over what happened next. So anyway, long story short (too late), starting next week, I will be going back to a physical therapist to build up my knee strength again, but hopefully surgery will be avoided and if anyone knows why the hell a doctor would need to examine my prostate to tell me if I can go jogging, I’d love an explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2001, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/2 "2001-03-08T23:57:13Z")
I just hope your doctor didn’t have big knuckles and he had trimmed his fingernails recently. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/3 "2001-03-09T00:04:19Z")
Hey **Fletch**! [singing] _Moon River…_ [/singing] Of course, if your username doesn’t come from the film, you may not catch that reference. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/4 "2001-03-09T00:11:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\*. . . .if anyone knows why the hell a doctor would need to examine my prostate to tell me if I can go jogging, I’d love an explanation. > \*\* He probably didn’t actually need to but after he took one look at your big bad jungle booty, he \* had\* to. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/5 "2001-03-09T00:15:57Z")
**Mermaid** , sweetie, is big bad jungle booty a compliment? I’m a midwesterm suburban white boy, I know not of this crazy language which you speak. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/6 "2001-03-09T00:18:27Z")
My condolences go out to your, your prostate and more importantly your anus. I had a full physical not too long ago and I felt like the doc was trying to fit a Ming Vase in my ass, but that was ok since the sympathy flowers I recieved could be easily stored in there, thanks to the Dr. Largepalms. So, I depart this thread by wishing you luck on your kneww and saying… _Bbbbluuuueeee Moon You saw my an-us swollen With doc’s hand up my ass with his watch now stolen_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silly\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Silly\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silly_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/7 "2001-03-09T00:24:36Z")
That’s it. Now I’m jealous. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/8 "2001-03-09T00:25:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\*and the tongue depressor bit (which I didn’t mind until I started wondering how many other bored people had taken to licking the tongue depressors?). \*\* I think I’m safe in saying you’re the only one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/9 "2001-03-09T00:32:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silly Rabbit \* > **That’s it. Now I’m jealous.** We can play doctor whenever you want, sweetie. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/10 "2001-03-09T00:49:18Z")
Excuse me but I saw your ass in person and it _sure_ didn’t look too big to me, darlin’! All the better for squeezin’! Woo Hoo!! > [@](#): > > . . . .if anyone knows why the hell a doctor would need to examine my prostate to tell me if I can go jogging, I’d love an explanation. You mean you don’t know??? You’ve never heard that song? You know. The one that goes… The ankle bone’s connected to the shin bone The shin bone’s connected to the knee bone The knee bone’s connected to the prostate… 😉 😃 Good luck with the PT. I hope you’re feeling better soon! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/11 "2001-03-09T01:08:46Z")
Oh dear oh dear oh dear… I shan’t be able to sleep now, what with visions of **Crunchy’s** ass dancing in my head. Oh dear oh dear oh dear… \ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/12 "2001-03-09T01:13:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\ ***Mermaid** , sweetie, is big bad jungle booty a compliment? I’m a midwesterm suburban white boy, I know not of this crazy language which you speak. \*\* I think you know, you just want to prolong that sexy comment. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/13 "2001-03-09T01:39:19Z")
Hey **Crunch,** you should do what I did, get a Korean doctor. Little tiny fingers. 🙂 Oh, and if anybody ever says _flex sig_ to you, run! run like the wind! (think garden hose) BTW, welcome back. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/14 "2001-03-09T01:49:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*I shan’t be able to sleep now, what with visions of **Crunchy’s** ass dancing in my head. \*\* Gee, I had no idea that thoughts of my ass were that disturbing. I won’t mention it again. ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/15 "2001-03-09T02:14:01Z")
**Funny answer** He wanted to find out if you’d make a good ventriliquests dummy. **Serious Answer** After a certain age (I believe 35), the prostate exam should be done once a year because of prostate cancer. Since this was the first complete physical in the last five years, he probably thought it was indicated. Think of it as the male mammagram, except instead of getting pinched, you get reamed. ---
**Author:** ![Silly\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Silly\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silly_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/16 "2001-03-09T02:16:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\*We can play doctor whenever you want, sweetie. 😉 > \*\* I’m ready now. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/17 "2001-03-09T02:26:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silly Rabbit \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > > \*\*We can play doctor whenever you want, sweetie. 😉 > > \*\* > > I’m ready now. :eek: \*\* I wanna play, I wanna play ;p ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/18 "2001-03-09T02:45:55Z")
Ok, **callie** , you can play too, but I still need that nekkid pic you owe me. 😉 So when we play, can I be the doctor? I’ve had enough of people probing me for one day. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/19 "2001-03-09T02:59:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > \*\*I tested my theory by getting off the bed-like thing and licking all the tongue depressors. \*\* Ha! I’m probably just demented, but that made me LMAO…really. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281/20 "2001-03-09T03:04:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > > \*\*I tested my theory by getting off the bed-like thing and licking all the tongue depressors. \*\* > > Ha! I’m probably just demented, but that made me LMAO…really. \*\* You’re demented? I’m the one who thought of it. Great now I’m out of shape with a sick mind. No wonder I’m still single. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crunchy-frog-visits-the-doctor-a-bit-long/57281.md?page=2)