An experienced nurse had a grumpy doctor as a patient. She had been assigned him because he was difficult to deal with. One day, the nurse explained to the doctor that she needed an accurate rectal temperature, so the doctor needed to follow instructions carefully so the proper amount of medication could determined to give him.

The retired doctor complied. He was in the doggy position with his buttocks pointing to the ceiling and his head laying on a pillow. The nurse told the doctor that the rectal temperature had remain his rectum a predetermined amount of time based on his body weight. The doctor felt a "rectal thermometer" positioned in his private place and he waited for the nurse to return.

A number of other doctors and nurses who came to check the patient left giggling.

Later another staff member stated the patient had a daisy sticking out of his private part!