Bills? We all got bills.

Hey, what about my hospital bill? Where is the interest? Where are the contests? Hello?! Perhaps some lucky reader wants, uh… a framed print of the bloody post-op pinky?

Well, I’ll just cut to the chase: One infected pinky; successfully lanced in the Emergency Room; about a two-hour visit: $1,943. Covered by insurance.

Interestingly, that works out to about the same hourly rate as Zora’s stay. But I didn’t get meals or cocktail service.

Perhaps they could keep health care costs down (or at least speed up the waiting time) by having a meter running at a steady clip of about 25¢ a second. Or maybe 5¢ a second while waiting and $2.50 per second when a doctor is attending.