"O.K., I'm sitting. What is it?"
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sit, sits, sitting, trick, tricks, dog, dogs, dog trick, dog tricks, emergency, emergencies, emergency phone call, emergency phone calls, sit down, sitting downs, phone call, phone calls, obedience, obedient, obedience training, bad news, bearer of bad news, message, messages, messenger, messengers, worry, worries, worrying, worrier, worriers"You made that diagnosis just to be mean."
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doctor, doctors, medicine, medical, consultation, consult, examination, appointment, diagnose, diagnosis, ill, illness, disease, sick, sickness, patient, patients, fake, false, made-up, health, made up, made up, make-believe, jerk, bad news, bearer of bad news, bearers of bad news"We find pizza softens the blow of bad news."
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bad, bad news, bearer of bad news, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, hospital, hospitals, surgery, surgeon, surgeons, death, dead, black humor, black humour, comfort food, comforting, comfort, food, pizza, pizzas, dark humor, dark humour, gallows humor, gallows humour, death, dead, died, dying, terminal, terminal illness, medical, medicine"But think of all the things you're not going to die of."
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bearer, bearer of bad news, bad news, terminal, terminally, terminal illness, illness, ill, sick, sickness, healthy, medically, doctor, doctors, consultant, consulting, depressed, depressing, depression, mortality, mortal, get well, get well soon, morbid, morbidly, gallows humor, gallows humour, death, dead, dying, die, died, die of, hospital, hospitals, clinic, clinics, check up, check-up, appointment"Ding-dong."
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bearer of bad news, bearers of bad news, flying monkey, flying monkeys, wicked witch, witch, witches, famous phrase, famous phrases, dead, bereaved, bereavement, hospital, hospitals, doctor, doctors, physician, physicians, hospital, hospitals, hospitalise, hospitalised, hospitalize, hospitalized, hospitalization, hospitalisation, bad news, sad, sadness, messenger, messengersGood News / Bad News
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good news, bad news, bearer of bad news, stranded, strand, maroon, marooned, castaway, deserted, deserter, deserters, desert, desert island, abandon, abandoned, rescue, rescued, death, dead, die, died, dies, dying, murphy's law, murphys law, sod's law, sods law, grim, grim reaper, reaper, doom, doomed"I've finally learned not to measure my worth by how many employees I have."
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self-esteem, self-esteem issue, self-esteem issues, employee, employees, ceo, ceos, executive, executives, c.e.o., c.e.o.s, chief executive, chief executives, upper management, upper manager, upper managers, self-worth, materialist, materialists, materialism, net worth, fired, firing, firings, layoff, layoffs, laid off, lay-off, lay-offs, bad news, breaking bad news, break bad news, bearer of bad news, mass layoffs, wealthy, rich, riches, rich person, rich people"He's going to be O.K., but he still wants you to remarry."
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marriage, married life, married, divorce, divorced, divorcing, marital, breakup, break up, breakups, break ups, break-up, break-ups, hospital, hospitals, medical, emergency, emergencies, life changing event, waiting room, waiting rooms, remarry, worse than breaking up by text, illness, ill, sick, sickness, doctor, doctors, surgery, surgeons, intensive care, health care, side effect, side effects, recovery, recovering, recover, bearer of bad news, good news and bad news, good news, bad news"All right, all right, have it your way, Mrs. McCourtney. He's sitting right here, guzzling booze with a couple of blondes."
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booze, boozer, boozers, boozehound, boozehounds, barfly, barflies, husband, husbands, cheat, cheats, cheating, cheater, cheaters, bad news, bearer of bad news, messenger, messengers, shoot the messenger, shoots the messenger, shooting the messenger, spouse, spouses, suspicion, suspicions, suspicious, honest, honesty, unhappy marriage, unhappy marriages, bad marriage, bad marriages, bar, bars, bartender, bartenders, bartending, barkeeper, barkeepers, barkeep, barkeeps"If it's any consolation, he seemed like a bit of a jerk."
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bad news, good news, death, dead, die, died, dying, doctor, doctors, bearer of bad news, be the bearer, communication, bedside, bedside manner, manners, jerk, jerks, surgeon, surgery, surgeons, terminal, lost him, hospital, hospitals, waiting room, waiting rooms, tact, tactless, tactful, no loss, no big deal, married, marriage, get well, get well soon"Hop? Jig? Dance? You're a dancer? Sounds like? Prancer? Cancer? Cancer! I got cancer!"
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charade, charades, playing charades, diagnosis, diagnoses, cancer, oncology, oncologist, oncologists, sounds like, clue, clues, rhyme, rhymes, rhyming, doctor, doctors, physician, physicians, cancer, cancers, guess, guesses, guessing, guessing game, guessing games, bad news, bearer of bad news, bearers of bad news"You the guy who donated his body to science?”
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be the bearer of bad news, bad news, bearer of bad news, science, donation, donate to science, donate, donated, organ donation, medicine, doctor, doctors, unexpected, health, healthcare, healthy, death's door, dark humor, dark humour, black humor, black humour, cadaver, cadavers, medical training, junior doctor, specimen, specimens, consultant, consultation, checkup, check-up, checkups, check up, get well, get well soon, well wishes"We've decided, Carmichael, to give you back to the community."
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donate, donates, donating, donation, donations, give back, giving back, community donation, charity, charities, charitable donation, charitable donations, fire, fired, firing, firings, sacked, sacking, sackings, layoff, layoffs, laid off, lay off, lay offs, downsize, downsizes, downsizing, restructure, restructures, restructuring, bearer of bad news, bearers of bad news, messenger, messengers, breaking bad news, cushion the blow, cushioning the blow"Jim, say hi to Tom, our severance consultant."
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businessman, businessmen, exec, execs, executive, executives, career, careers, big business, corporate, corporation, corporations, day job, offices, office job, office drone, office drones, cubicles, cubicle, offices, office building, office ecology, office politics, modern life, modern world, working life, working world, desk job, desk jockey, redundancy, redundant, lay off, lay offs, lay-off, lay-offs, laid off, fired, financial crash, severance, severance consultant, severed, bearer of bad news, warning, warning sign, warnings, warning signs, red flag, red flags, bad omen, omen, omens"I don't know how to tell you this, but it looks like you have a brain the size of a walnut."
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brain, brains, brainy, dumb, dumber, idiot, idiots, idiocy, idiotic, good news and bad news, bad news, bearer of bad news, smart, smarts, intelligence, intelligent, iq, doctor, doctors, surgeon, surgeons, hospital, hospitals, medicine, medicines, appointment, appointments, pea brain, small brain, get well, get well soon, hard truth, frank, frankness, blunt, bluntness"Sorry, boys, but we're cutting back on bean counters till we have more beans."
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businessman, businessmen, exec, execs, executive, executives, career, careers, big business, corporate, corporation, corporations, day job, offices, office job, office drone, office drones, cubicles, cubicle, offices, office building, office ecology, office politics, modern life, modern world, working life, working world, desk job, desk jockey, redundancy, redundant, lay off, lay offs, lay-off, lay-offs, laid off, fired, financial crash, severance, severance consultant, severed, bearer of bad news, warning, warning sign, warnings, warning signs, red flag, red flags, bad omen, omen, omens, bean, bean counter, bean counters, counting beans, beans, metaphor"Phil, could I speak to you for a moment, not as your doctor but as your horse?"
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horse, horses, anthro, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphize, anthropomorphise, horsey, horse face, horse faced, medicine, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, hospital, hospitals, examination, appointment, appointments, surgeon, surgeons, get well, get well soon, bad news, be the bearer, bearer of bad news, friend, confidant, absurd, surreal, strange"His life was hanging by a thread, and then somebody fed him the bean burrito."
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bereaved, bereavement, bad news, bearer of bad news, bearers of bad news, fatty food, fatty foods, eat, eats, eater, eaters, eating, big eater, big eaters, burrito, burritos, comfort, comforts, comforting, unhealthy food, unhealthy foods, bedside manner, doctor, doctors, personable, personability, insensitive, insensitivity, hospital, hospitals, nutrition, nutritionist, nutritionists, dietitian, dietitiansLesser Known Annunciations
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annunciation, art, art history, art historian, art historians, lesser known, obscure, obscurity, obscurities, lesser-known, unknown, bible story, bible stories, gospel, jesus, jesus christ, announcement, announcements, announcing, messenger, messengers, mundane, rent, rental, rentals, everyday life, bad news, bearer of bad news, bearers of bad news"His last word was the F-one."
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swearing, swear, swears, expletive, expletives, famous last words, last word, last words, final words, deathbed, death, dead, died, dying, dies, terminal, surgeon, surgery, surgeons, doctor, doctors, hospital, hospitals, bad news, bearer of bad news, be the bearer of bad news, censor, censored, bad word, bad words"According to these scans, I shouldn't have gone to med school in Aruba."
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doctor, doctors, qualify, qualified, qualification, qualifications, college, colleges, med, med school, school, medical school, university, universities, aruba, vacation, vacations, holiday, holidays, check up, check ups, checkup, checkups, check-up, check-ups, bad sign, red flag, red flags, bad signs, bad news, bearer of bad news, get well, get well soon, idiot, idiots, incompetent, incompetence