Lio by Mark Tatulli for June 15, 2021

It’s so sweet that his dad wants to play board games with Lio.

uh… Lio, no

Maybe taking realism a bit far?

Lio is a smooth operator!

Try playing Operation with that bone saw and Dad will be sure to win.

“Dr. Lio, you’re wanted in surgery!”

“Calling Doctor Howard…”

Lio is ready! RUN!!!!!

Can we have a SCREAM for effect please …..

“Uh, son…I asked if you wanted to PLAY Operation, not perform one!”

Good luck not touching the sides with those instruments.

I think the red nose is lit up already seeing Lio.

The operation was a success but the patient died.

Where’s Hawkeye when we need him?

Monty Python…Announcer (John Cleese): Tonight on Who Cares? we examine the frontiers of surgery. With us is the international financier and surgeon Reg LeCrisp and his most successful patient to date, the elephant Mr. George Humphries. (Elephant trumpets.) Mr. LeCrisp, the surgery on Mr. Humpries is truly remarkable, but—why an elephant?

LeCrisp (Terry Jones): Well, that was just a stroke of luck, really. An elephant’s trunk became available after a road accident, and Mr. Humphries happened to be walking past the hospital at the time.

A: And what was Mr. Humphries’ reaction to the transplant of the elephant’s organs?

L (interspersed with trumpeting): Surprise at first, then later shock, and deep anger and resentment. But his family were marvelous, they helped pull him through—

A: How long was he in hospital?

L: Well, he spent the first three weeks in our intensive care unit, and then eight weeks in the zoo.

A: I see… Is Mr. Humphries now able to lead a fairly normal life?

L: No. Oh, no, no. No—he still has to wash himself in a rather special way, he can only eat buns, and he’s not allowed on public transport. But I feel these are very minor problems—

Run. Now.