As I was guiding one of my patients through Physical Therapy activities today, one of them paid me a compliment. He and I have a jovial dynamic, so I responded (jokingly) by saying “Oh, you’re just flattering me because I’m the one who issues all these challenging activities to you!” His reply was, “Yes…well, I don’t want to upset the same person who makes me do all these difficult exercises!!” This led to a play on words by me to “never bite the hand that beats you”, and we both had a laugh. But it really did make me wonder:

If you’re not supposed to “bite the hand that feeds you”…

…and you can’t bite the one that *beats* you…

…then who can you bite?

Just curious.
<3~A