Ain't Karma a Bit##!

[Oldgateboatdriver]

You can't make stuff like that up: President of the American Heart Association suffers heart attack ... at a heart health conference he was attending.

http://nationalpost.com/news/heart-association-president-has-heart-attack-during-heart-health-conference

 

[ModlrMike]

That there's so serious irony.

 

[Roger123]

I struggle to see how the title of this forum relates to the article. He didn't bully a smaller guy and 3 weeks later get his papers handed to him by a larger guy. He had a genetic predisposition to heart disease, as evidenced by his extensive family history, and suffered a heart attack in middle age. His family history of heart disease is the reason he became a cardiologist. The fact that he had a heart attack at a heart health conference is a well of irony, but I'm not seeing the relevance of karma here.

 

[Pusser]

And if you're going to have a heart attack, is there a better place?

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

And that, Pusser, is why I put the title that I put. I think Roger missed the irony of my choice.  :nod:

 

[Roger123]

And that, Pusser, is why I put the title that I put. I think Roger missed the irony of my choice.  :nod:

Lol. Your irony evaded my radar. But I would have went with a title along the lines of " OHHH, The Irony!!!!" ( I nit-pick, I've been told ( more than once ;D)).

 

[Remius]

Maybe you nitpick but I had the same thought as you when I read the article and saw the thread title...

I wasn't sure how he had it coming or deserved to be punished. 

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/120956/why-is-karma-a-bitch

this also came to mind  ;D  http://popkey.co/m/DQ3Rx-you+keep+using+that+word

 

[Blackadder1916]

And if you're going to have a heart attack, is there a better place?

Yes, there is.  How about in the Cardio Pulmonary Unit of NDMC, which was situated next to the ICU (with a connecting door) while having a routine examination done by one of the residents.  The individual had no previous history of cardiac disease or symptoms and was only there because there had been a minor anomaly on an EKG (an inverted T wave) done for his first over-40 medical.  An investigation of an inverted T wave would not necessarily have been as comprehensive (I've had one since my first flight crew medical without problem or further investigation), however one of the cardiologists was doing a study and so the local GDMOs were sending a lot of referrals that maybe wouldn't have been done otherwise.