Polite Dissent

11 Responses to “ The Real Dazzler ”

1. Scott
   March 24th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
   Official Comment

   On a re-reading of the comic, I realize the Dr. Dazzler does ask for a knife in the opening splash panel, but not in the actual story itself. So it’s not a psychic zoo keeper, but instead one who — like Billy Pilgrim — is unstuck in time.

2. Sig
   March 25th, 2007 at 1:04 am
   

   I’m assuming Nurse Cagle is supposed to be…Australian? Or just strange?

   And I’m thinking Dr. Dazzler is just taking out some pent-up frustration on poor stupid Jimmy. (And maybe it’s a type of diagnostic technique; if Jimmy’s still choking after being bounced around upside down, then he really needs a trache and isn’t just choking on stupidity.)

3. eamonn
   March 25th, 2007 at 4:13 am
   

   And isn’t a bit alarming that Dr Dazzler sends a child with an unsecured airway off to hospital in the back of a taxi-like ambulance?
   If a Doctor treats a patient with an inhaled or ingested coin the least he or she can do is to call the hospital later and see if there has been any change!
   ;-)

4. OptimusShr
   March 25th, 2007 at 6:51 am
   

   Wouldn’t the Heimlich maneuver have been easier?

5. Cliff S.
   March 25th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
   

   “*gasp* I — I can’t breathe!”

   Well now, that’s kind of a fib there, isn’t it Jimmy? If you can say you’re choking, then you’re really not.

   Now, when Dr. Dazzler turned you upside down and made the coin completely block your airway, then you can say it - that is, if you could. But you can’t.

   Nobody likes a liar, Jimmy. Liars get their throats cut. Let’s hope you’ve learned a lesson about wasting doctors’ valuable zoo-watching time.

6. Hulkster
   March 25th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
   

   The Heimlich maneuver is for sissies! Real men grab and shake! Choking victim? Grab and shake! The Flux? Grab and shake! The Consumption? Grab and shake! Works every time. They teach it in medical school and everything.

7. Really Likes Batman Better
   March 25th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
   

   If the kid was going to get peanuts why di he need to eat the coin?

8. Scott
   March 25th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
   Official Comment

   You’re right, the Heimlich would have been easier…only it wasn’t developed until 1974. Still, Dr. Dazzler should have at least tried the “hearty slap on the back method.”

9. OptimusShr
   March 25th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
   

   I had no idea the Heimlich wasn’t developed until the 70’s. Interesting. Was cutting the patient open a common practice for choking or was their another somewhat effective method?

10. Bob
    March 25th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
    

    Actually I too didn’t realize that the Heimlich wasn’t developed until the 70’s. That explains a lot about my childhood and my own eating to choking incidents. My mom always had the hardy back slap handy.

    I’m going to guess the kid was carrying the coin in his mouth for some really stupid reason (who can figure out kids) and accidentally swallowed it.

    His chances for a second date all depend on if she took the comment to be rude or just a joke. I suspect that his chances are slim.

11. OptimusShr
    March 26th, 2007 at 7:28 am
    

    Could he have been flipping the coin when it when in?

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