I would think it might cause more of them to clam up. Some people don't deal well with such insulting wit. [Though who actually expected that in a doctor of all people? It sounded like the people who went to House were at the end of the road to a degree.]

True but we aren't allowed to remain in a single house for long. I know I would defend my space heater if I had one, and this so far isn't a gladiator pit.