"This was a little bit of a tough crowd, " acknowledged Mr. Valdes, referring to the challenges of performing in a busywaiting room with lots of distractions.
He said the Welsh government review of the service would probably look at why ambulances are sometimes forced to wait long periods outside busy hospitals with patients waiting to be admitted.
Busy parents can catch up on recorded shows while waiting for their kids to finish practice or while enjoying what little downtime they have throughout the day.
When I arrived for my interview with Abol Fotoh on a mild, sunny day in January 2007 at a grand building housing the Arab Medical Union just off a busy Cairo street, I was ushered into a patients' waiting room.
In the new Bizarro World that is the global economy post-2008, the US is the debt bomb waiting to explode while major nations like Brazil are mostly busy running surpluses.
If he is no longer making fun of himself, because he is too busy proving to the nation that he is a serious commander-in-chief-in-waiting and if his followers regard humour as apostasy, then the man is in danger of becoming an icon on a pedestal.