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

bobphilo: 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

richiebee: JTC:

   Cure her of convulsions or gambling?

NoCarolinaTony: 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

bobphilo: 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

JohnTChance: 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?

Easy Goer: 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\'...

NoCarolinaTony: Very Good EG.....I couldn\'t agree more. It\'s only a problem when you are losing...........

NC Tony

bobphilo: 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

holybull95: 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?

bobphilo: Since all those Vicodins Dr. House pops definitely seem to \"enhance his performance\", we have another Allday link.

Bob