Comments on: Health Insurance

By: c2

c2 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:20:23 +0000

i suspect it’s a play on inpatients/inpatience. if that’s not it, i can’t make sense of it.

By: Pinny

Pinny — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:38:59 +0000

The “Out Patients” sign is pointing further down the corridor. This is the regular inpatients desk.

By: Fnord

Fnord — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:51:34 +0000

I get the feeling this was intended to be a pun of some sort. The sign says “out patients,” two words, instead of one word like in the real hospitals I’ve seen. If that’s not a mistake then it must be part of the punchline (assuming there is one).

By: Ray Brady

Ray Brady — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:42:12 +0000

I think the joke here is that the guy really doesn’t know if he has insurance. He is therefore lying down to be examined, on the assumption that, if he’s got it, the nurse will find it.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:59:04 +0000

Wouldn’t he be in the emergency room and not somewhere with an “Outpatients” sign if it were an emergency gag?

By: Lola

Lola — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:17:13 +0000

I don’t think the hands are not in his pockets. More like a white-knuckled grip on the table.

By: MJB

MJB — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:43:58 +0000

I don’t get this either. Why are his hands in his pockets?

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:20:39 +0000

Is the man’s right hand missing? Maybe his hand is missing and he can’t get into his pocket to get his wallet to see if he has an insurance card?

By: iloverobots

iloverobots — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:55:11 +0000

You know what would have made this comic perfect? If the guy had an alien bursting out of chest. Now THAT would be funny!!

By: The Ploughman

The Ploughman — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:43:37 +0000

If it is a “paperwork before dire emergency” gag, it might read better if the man’s ailment were more external - gushing blood or an arm bent backwards or an extreme amount of vomit… Oh. I think I see why it’s drawn this way.