A girl walked up to the information desk in her local hospital and said, "I need
to see the upturn¹, please."

"I think, you mean the 'intern²,' don't you?" asked the nurse on duty.

"Yes," said the girl. "I want to have a 'contamination.'"

"Don't you mean 'examination,'" the nurse questioned her again.

"Well I want to go to the 'fraternity ward³,' anyway."

"I'm sure you mean the maternity⁴ ward."

To which the girl replied: "Upturn, intern; contamination, examination; fraternity,
maternity.... What's the difference? All I know is I haven't demonstrated in two
months, and I think I'm stagnant⁵."