It's not funny. Really, it's not.
Not the model way to conduct an interview on medical malpractice:
UPDATE: Too good to be true. It seems it's a sketch from a Dutch comedy show. Oh well. And it's still funny.
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ChrisR
September 26th, 2007 10:23amIt's fake, albeit a funny fake. There is loads of discussion on the web about whether it is true or not, but (according to my rusty Dutch) this article sets the record stratight: it:http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=GV116TGRC Still, you are in good company - Jay Leno was also taken in.
Mongoose
September 26th, 2007 11:47amWell, actually, what really happened (in the proper translation) was that a throat operation went wrong...
Joshua
September 26th, 2007 11:52amSomething tells me that you wouldn't have posted this if the victim had been a woman and she had had her breasts or ovaries accidentally removed. I also doubt very much whether you'd have reacted in the same way if this had happened to either of your nephews.
john moran
September 26th, 2007 12:10pmstephen tos OLD! If you look at a proper verision on youtube you will find the whole thing was a comedy sketch, i.e. a Dutch, or Belgian version of the Alan Partidge show. You have been duped!
Ben
September 26th, 2007 5:56pmI It's also really old. I've seen this so many times on so many blogs Keep up, Stephen!