Operation
Operation
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.b4647
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2009-11
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A. Baldwin
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A. Baldwin
I held the forceps firmly and gently tried to tease out the butterfly from Cavity Sam’s stomach while keeping my own nerves at bay. Any slip of my hand would cause Sam’s nose to light up, and a shrieking buzzer would indicate his pain, as well as a failed procedure. My brother sat poker faced in front of me, but I knew he was willing me to fail. He held the “specialist” card for this operation and would be rewarded with twice the money if he succeeded where I had not. But, success! After such an assured performance I was certain I could now set about fixing Sam’s broken heart. Yet this really did present a dilemma: I held the specialist card for this procedure—should I purposefully botch my first attempt so as to gain more cash?Operation has been a top children’s game for more than 40 years. It has a delightfully simple yet classic design that has entertained generations. It is essentially a test of hand-eye coordination, the objective being to use metal tweezers to remove comedy plastic body parts from fiddly little cavities. However, if the tweezers touch the side of the cavity an alarm sounds and the operation fails.