Pamphlet placement

Phubby came home from the doctor's office yesterday and couldn't understand why I kept pressing him about whether he needs a colonoscopy.

He started giving me weird looks. He must have thought I was extra concerned because my dad is a colon cancer survivor.

But I was just making a logical assumption ...

Just some friendly advice:  Maybe take a quick glance at those pamphlets your doctor hands you before shoving them in your back pocket and leaving the office.

Once this matter had been cleared up, he begrudgingly let me take a photo while I pointed and laughed at him. (He set limits on the area of his body the photo could cover. Vanity.)

While I was photographing his bottom, I noticed the wording on the pamphlet. "Patient information from your surgeon and sages."

Sages?

Like, old men in robes with long, white beards, sitting on mountaintops, spouting off crazy old man talk we're all supposed to think is enlightened or something?

That seems strange. I thought sages kept mostly to the subjects of philosophy and religion and telling other people what to eat.

Now, they're going all "Public service announcement: get your hiney checked." I thought that was Katie Couric's job.

I pondered this for approximately 11 hours, on and off, until I finally decided to pick up the brochure. Apparently, "sages" is really "SAGES," Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.

Kind of uppity opinions of themselves as "sages," wouldn't you think? I mean, sure "chew your peanuts well" and "get a colonoscopy" are good pieces of advice, but sage advice? Hardly.