At least stick a van in there somewhere!
> From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> > Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 22:28:41 -0500 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Friday Foolishness > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > A man brought a very limp dog into the veterinary clinic. As he lay > the dog on the table, the doctor pulled out his stethoscope, placing > the receptor on the dog's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook > his head sadly and said, "I'm sorry, but your dog has passed away. > > "What?" screamed the man. "How can you tell? You haven't done any > testing on him or anything. I want another opinion!" > > With that, the vet turned and left the room. In a few moments, he > returned with a Labrador Retriever. The Retriever went right to work, > checking the poor dead dog out thoroughly with his nose. After a > considerable amount of sniffing, the Retriever sadly shook his head > and said, "Bark" (meaning "dead as a doornail"). > > The veterinarian then took the Labrador out and returned in a few > moments with a cat, who also carefully sniffed out the poor dog on > the table. As had his predecessors, the cat sadly shook his head and > said,"Meow" (meaning "he's history"). He then jumped off the table and > ran > out of the room. > > The veterinarian handed the man a bill for $600. The dog's owner went > berserk. "$600! Just to tell me my dog is dead? This is outrageous!" > > The vet shook his head sadly and explained. "If you had taken my word > for it, the charge would have been $50, but with the Lab work and the > cat scan..........." > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > |
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