1. Because you get to see everyone naked. As a side-note, this is also the number one reason why it's not good to be a doctor. 2. Because you can park your car on the sidewalk without getting a ticket. 3. Because it is the best excuse for illegible handwriting. 4. Because there is no beat like the heartbeat. 5. Because after working with patients, you realise you are not as neurotic as you thought you might have been. 6. Because you get to meet so many interesting people, for example: lawyers, lawyers and lawyers.... 7. Because lots of people are dying to see you. 8. Because you can put your entire family on valium. 9. Because even if nobody send you a Christmas Present, the pharmaceutical companies most certainly will. 10. Because the market is always booming. Even if we were to eventually run out of diseases, we could still rely on traffic. (Edit: or alcoholics, more potent still is a combination of the two) 11. Because it is so easy to avoid tedious social obligations. Just say, "I'm on call!". (Edit: Post-call also works most times) 12. Because you don't need to worry about purchasing a second home, since you'll hardly have the time for the first one, same goes for the second significant other. 13. Because you can keep your Italian Accent. 14. Because the human body is the same across the planet, although usually a bit thinner. 15. Because you are the first to know if it will be a boy or a girl. 16. Because Mom and Dad will finally stop wishing for a doctor in the family. 17. Because you don;t have to waste time keeping UptoDate (Edit: pun, yes) since your patients are dying to lecture you. 18. Because wearing a stethoscope around your neck increases your sex appeal. (Edit: The white coat works too. And the stethoscope works ONLY if it's Littmann) 19. Because you get to toy around with lots of fancy gadgets. 20. Because God heals, and the doctor collects the fee. Source
