Deborah Lipp

My acupuncturist has an acupuncture wall chart on his wall, labeled “Acupuncture Wall Chart.”

I don’t know why this tickles me so much, perhaps only because I lay on a table with needles sticking out of me with nothing to do but look at the acupuncture wall chart, which is labeled “Acupuncture Wall Chart.”

There are many potentially useful labels for an acupuncture wall chart besides “Acupuncture Wall Chart.” It could simply be labeled “Acupuncture” which is neither more nor less informative than “Acupuncture Wall Chart.” It could be labeled “The Human Body” or “The Acupuncture System” or something. But no. It is labeled “Acupuncture Wall Chart.”

On edit: Here he is: Acupuncture Wall Chart (He’s the guy on the right, the side view).