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There’s an episode in the 11th season of the Simpsons in which Mr. Burns goes to the Mayo Clinic for a check-up, after being named the oldest man in Springfield. There, the doctor tells him he is the sickest man in the United States. “You have everything,” he informs him.

“You mean, I have pneumonia?” Burns asks.

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“Yes.”

“Juvenile diabetes?”

“Yes.”

“Hysterical pregnancy?”

“Uh, a little bit, yes.”

Though it sounds like bad news, the doctor explains that all of his diseases exist in him in “perfect balance.” As an illustration, the doctor grabs a handful of oversized “novelty” diseases and tries to cram them through a miniature door, all at the same time. But since the diseases are so numerous, and are all tangled up together, none is about to break through the opening.

“So what you’re saying is: I’m indestructible,” Mr. Burns says.

“Oh, no, no,” the doctor replies, “in fact, even a slight breeze could —”