That Mitchell and Webb Look: Homeopathic A&E

gudbuytjane · 5.1M views · 2009-07-03 · 2:33

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Overview

A That Mitchell and Webb Look sketch in which a hospital A&E is staffed by homeopaths who dilute everything, leaving patients with nothing.

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Used as a punchline in threads about snake oil, bogus tests and startup fraud, rather than recommended as such.

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Stand-up & sketch comedy Satire & parody Religion, belief & skepticism

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Terr_ · 2026-04 · Joke / meme
In the sense of extreme understatement , yes, which is amusing since the "heavy lifting" is the other way around. Much like "The snake-oil suspicions looming over colored quartz and homeopathic water." [0] [0] [VIDEO]
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wstrange · 2016-04 · Joke / meme
> blood constituents are not evenly distributed at small volumes Clearly they should have diluted the samples further. [VIDEO]
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jamiesoncj · 2015-02 · Joke / meme
Oh right. I didn't get it. I thought tech homeopathy was some new framework / library / approach I hadn't heard about. Maybe homeopathy.js or similar? On the plus side, your comment did make me re-watch this: [VIDEO]
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