- Liam Farrell, general practitioner1
- 1Crossmaglen, County Armagh
This is a delicate and touchy subject, but I feel it must be addressed. I recently met a large, fat acquaintance whom I cordially dislike, for reasons that will soon become obvious, and who told me he'd had a hip replacement.
“And how have you been since?” I asked, out of politeness, not really caring, my emotional commitment stalled somewhere between apathy and pity.
“Very sore to start with, but much better now,” he leered, drooling beer …
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