Rectum?! It damn near killed him!!

Just a quick anecdote. (oooh, big word alert!) To leave here for any reason, you have to go through a gauntlet of departments to confirm you're clear to fly outta the country. One of the departments that needed to sign was MEDICAL. So I went to the medic, and after looking at my records, he informed me that I needed a hepatitus shot. As he took my pulse and blood pressure readings, he handed me the electronic thermometer monitor and asked me to open my mouth. Within a split second of me opening my mouth and him sticking the sensor in my mouth, I glanced at the monitor and it showed a digital image of a human bent over on hands and knees, in "the position".

Lets just say it was a lot to ponder in .0301 seconds.

"Wait!! What did you just give me?!?"

I was serious. He says "oh, we got to remember to switch these things over"

"What!!??"

After a very awkward 4 seconds, he explained to me that it was never used as a rectal thermometer, and that the "Ned Beatty" icon automatically shows up when the unit is turned on. A very serious flaw if you ask me.