Probe

As I have for the last four years, I'm going to Boy Scout summer camp this year. Our troop spends two weeks during the summer at two different summer camps. The Scoutmaster likes one camp, I like the other. So I'm always summer camp Scoutmaster at Broad Creek.

But because I'm over 40, the Boy Scouts require me to have an annual physical. Under 40 you only need one every 3 years. This means I've got to visit my doctor each year. Now to satisfy the Boy Scout form, all my doctor has to do is listen to my chest, palpate a little, look in a few orifices in my head, and he's done.

My doctor, however, feels that as long as I'm in for a visit, he's going to give me the full, complete inspection even though I have no complaints and am otherwise healthy. ("From soup to nuts," as he likes to say.) I don't really mind the EKG, the fasting blood test, or peeing in the cup. But he feels it's his professional duty to chastise me about my weight. I'm sure I'll get the "Body-Mass Index" lecture again. And he feels compelled to probe areas I'd prefer unprobed. I really am not looking forward to today.

One thing though... the day can only improve after my physical.
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