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to the debates," said Dr.
Potter, describing his winning entry. "It's Bob
Schieffer and his mane of
beautiful silver hair, and
the presidential candidates
Mitt 'Hominy' and
'Broccoli' Obama.'"
A couple years ago, a
neurosurgeon took home
top honors by carving the
likeness of Poison front-
SINGER SQUASH Neurosurgeon Peter Nakaji,
MD, puts the final touches on his Bret Michaels
pumpkin.
man Brett Michaels, then a
recent patient at St. Joseph's. The winning pumpkin was in fact presented to the rocker when he returned for a follow-up visit. He loved
it, and took the award-winning pumpkin home to his children.
A surgeon pumpkin-carving contest can be billed as an opportunity
to publicize knife safety (slice away from you in small, controlled
strokes, for example) and will likely attract a lot of media coverage.
And in the physicians' lounge, the surprisingly competitive — and,
yes, fun — contest lets docs compete for facility-wide bragging rights.
— Daniel Cook
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