I love the clam jokes! His cat had surgery back in 1998 to remove a tumor from her ear which was growing both through the ear drum and towards the brain. She had to come home early because she wasn't eating and rejected all of her medication. She came home with... a latex drainage tube on the side of her neck which really looked like a clam's breathing tube. I called her "Clam Cat" and I sang the Teapot song to Kickaha.

I expected something similar when the surgeon spoke to me Tuesday. Alas, I had to shelve my clam jokes. :( I did sing the Teapot song to him this morning when he was able to pour fluid out of his shoulder while leaning over to shave.