In the Hospital of Contempt, many people are queuing for an emergency
appointment.

A hospital registrar stands on the hospital steps haughtily
looking down on the crowd. In a bored, superior voice he reads out the names
on a list. Whenever anyone tries to approach him or catch his eye, he holds
up a warning finger, scowls and says: "Please wait! I simply cannot do two
things at once!"

"Please! This is an emergency!" cries an old man.

The
registrar looks down his nose and sniffs at the old man. "If I had a penny for every so-called emergency..."

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Castle of Contempt Sayings and Proverbs- collected from staff at the Contempt Hospital

"If people behave like sheep, treat them like sheep"

"People who eat in restaurants are too incapable or lazy to cook; people who travel on trains are too lazy to walk or make friends more locally."

"Two's company, three's a herd."

"Birds of a feather stink together"

"If I look you in the eye, I am probably ignoring someone else, so its better for all if we don't look at all."