Brownies are one of the most delectable of treats. Alas, chocolate brownies are now a bygone pleasure for me, because they trigger migraines. 

Recently they got a medical colleague of mine in trouble, too, after a very bizarre chain of events. His story certainly had me chuckling.

My colleague works as a paediatrician overseas. He had told his 16-year-old son about his early career, working long shifts in hospital. Yet in those days there was kindness extended to the overworked doctors. The nurses baked brownies for the first-year residents. 

They were the best brownies he had ever eaten.