Have you ever been out in the real world, and by real world I mean outside the hospital where we spend 95% of our time?

And you see something that reminds you of work.

For example, if you go to Costco, you'll see signs that say DNI over potato salad.

Are we not to intubate the potato salad if it starts to go bad?

No, what that means is do not inventory.

The same thing happens when I see a street sign that says dangerous curves ahead,

I think of the hepatic and spelenic flexure.

I'm sure we all do this, but this type of association does not hold more true for me

that when it comes to the movie Silence of the Lambs.

And if you remember, Hannibal Lecter has a very famous quote about food that he ate.

And if you're familiar with the film, you know that it's not quite food he's eating he tells the

story of a census taker who once tried to test him and he says I ate his liver

with some faba beans and nice kianti now You might be thinking that's gross.

It is, he's a cannibal and his name is Hannibal.

Poor writing or just a happy coincidence.

It doesn't really matter.

But every time I hear the word follow beans, I think of oxidative stress and glucose six phosphate deficiency and you might be thinking

that's a hell of a preamble to get you from one place to another but hey it's my show

I'm Dr Niket Sunpol your friendly neighbor internist

gastrantorologist and I make some crazy connections.

But I do it all in the interest of education

and keeping you interested.

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