My wife used to work for a doctor who hosted an annual Christmas banquet for all of his doctor associates and which we were obligated to attend. I remember one time when the docs at our table had had a few, that they began to compare the human body to an old car.

With a car it all started with little stuff like a battery or alternator, then perhaps a water pump or transmission, and then on to engine failure. The comparisons they made were, first a gall bladder, then a ...............etc. ending with the junkyard. I've never forgotten that.

Don S.