• Lath
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    Uh, the expression is more of a “if you snitch, we’ll sew your mouth shut” kind of thing, rather than it having anything to do with medical care.

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      No, it was indeed with the idea that someone would cut you with a knife which would require stitches.

      It’s like 30 years old from when hospitals wereexpensive still yes, but not that bad.

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        The idea of hospitals being expensive is so alien to me, that’s genuinely awful.

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        Really? Wonder where I remember my version from