Pride, Twinned With Stupidity

(This takes place back in the ’60s, before pre-natal exams included ultrasounds. My mom is six months pregnant and goes to see her doctor.)

Nurse: *to doctor* “Sir, I think I heard a second heartbeat.”

Doctor: *to nurse, patronizingly patting her on the shoulder* “No, sweetie, that’s just an echo. That’s why I am the doctor!”

(Flash forward three months, mom is in labour and voila, my sister is born.)

Doctor: *to my mother* “Don’t go anywhere, there’s another one coming!”

(Yes, thanks to the doctor’s refusal to listen to a mere female nurse, my mother had precisely three minutes’ notice she was having twins.)