bernie...I had an Australian junior who was always day dreaming (usually about sh@gging nurses) and he was assisting me by holding a clip attached to a tie deep in the abdominal wound. He looked like one of those garden gnomes.
I cut the suture and said OK Laurie.......but he was gone...day dreaming, so i just carried on.
Ten minutes later, I said "Laurie, if you haven't caught anything now, you never will, as i am closing up."