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'Older' sounds a little better than
'old,' doesn't it? Sounds like it might even last a little longer... I'm getting old. And it's OK. Because thanks to our fear of death in this country I won't have to die — I'll
'pass away.' Or I'll
'expire,' like a magazine subscription. If it happens in the hospital they'll call it a
'terminal episode.' The insurance company will refer to it as
'negative patient care outcome.' And if it's the result of malpractice they'll say it was a
'therapeutic misadventure.'" George Carlin (1937-2008)
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