Last night on the medical drama HOUSE, Dr. House is playing the horses at an off–track betting parlor when he strikes up a flirtatious chat with a woman while they\'re waiting in line to make a wager. [They\'re behind a slow newbie bettor.] Her horse comes in, but then she collapses and starts convulsing. Can Dr. House cure her?
JTChance
Darn, I missed that episode. I\'m mortified since I\'ve stated that the reasoning process in House\'s diagnostic methodology makes for great handicapping strategy.
I\'ll just have to wait for the re-run.
Bob
JTC:
Cure her of convulsions or gambling?
She had Munchousens by proxy Syndrome and If I remember correctly aplastic anemia and was treated with Steriods ....(Only Kidding on the last part).....
NC Tony
Isn't Munchausen's by Proxy Syndrome when someone makes someone else sick (usually a child in their care) in order to get attention? If she was the one who was making herself sick she must have had the plain old garden-variety Munchausen's syndrome.
Hilarious reference to steroids for anemia, though.
Bob
richiebee,
Of convulsions... I think. Don\'t ask me to explain anything on that show. I\'d need the Cliff\'s Notes. [I need the same to explain SYRIANNA, the new movie about the oil industry.]
I will say however, that the brief handicapping-related interplay between House and the woman in the OTB parlor somehow reminded me of that ThoroGraph commercial of yesteryear - the one with the man and woman talkin\' patterns on a bench. Is that still running somewhere Jerry?
The commercial still runs on TVG.
The gal in House had a medical problem, not a gambling problem. Remember, gambling is not a problem - it\'s just the losing that is the problem. And since she had 4 of 6 winners on the card at double-digit prices, she didn\'t need treatment for her racing \'itch\'...
Very Good EG.....I couldn\'t agree more. It\'s only a problem when you are losing...........
NC Tony
That\'s actually the whole philosphy behind the Sartin methodoology. He\'s a psychologist who was treating a group of compulsive gamblers who were losing. His treatment plan was \"the only cure for losing is winning\" and had them develop a handicapping system. Of course, just have effective his particular handicapping methods are is another subject.
Bob
Since the show is set in NJ, House broke the law by riding his motorcycle without a helmet (he gave it to his rider)...was Dr. Allday a consultant on the script?
Since all those Vicodins Dr. House pops definitely seem to \"enhance his performance\", we have another Allday link.
Bob