The Hgh Cost of Medicine (humor)

[Mahubah]

A woman came in to her vet's office carrying a parrot. "Doc, Cuddles isn't moving or making any sounds. Can you help?"

She laid the parrot down on the exam table. The vet looked the limp bird over, then turned back to the owner and said, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Smith, but I'm afraid Cuddles is dead."

"How can you say he's dead when you haven't even run any tests or anything?"

The vet tried to defend his professional judgment, but the woman insisted on tests. So the vet finally shrugged, left the office, and in a few minutes came back with a handsome black Labrador Retriever on a leash. The big dog sniffed the parrot over thoroughly, then looked back up at the vet and shook his head sadly. The vet led the dog out and in a few minutes returned with a Siamese cat. The cat also sniffed the parrot up and down, looked back at the vet with an unhappy "meow," and was taken out.

The vet came back (minus cat) and looked Mrs. Smith dead in the eye. "All right, ma'am. The tests are conclusive; your parrot is dead. The bill will be $1,500."

"$1,500!" the woman shrieked. "Whaddaya mean, $1,500?"

"If you had listened to me the first time, it would have only cost you $20," the vet said. "But you insisted on tests, and that's what the extra charges are for. I gave your parrot a full lab report and a CAT scan."


(And please, Sandi, no serious talk about veterinary overcharges and such -- this is just for fun.)

[TrueColours]

THAT is damned funny!

Thanks for the Saturday morning laugh!

[LSB]

Mahubah, I've been chuckling ever since you got enough posts to become a "Stud". I hope you're a man? Otherwise you might want to apply for a name change to "Blue Hen".

[madelyn]

LOVED that one... too funny. Read it aloud to my husband and even he got the "lab report" and the "cat scan"

[Sandi in Florida]

(And please, Sandi, no serious talk about veterinary overcharges and such -- this is just for fun.)
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Geez--sometimes you have a mean streak a mile wide, Mahubah. I think I have more of a sense of humor than you give me credit for, Missy. AND, I'm not as dumb as I look because I "got" it without even having to have anyone explain it to me.

Very funny, by the way (the joke, not your ribbing).

[wilf]

Well its nice to see you lighten up, thanks for the jocularity I shall dine out on that one for ages with my friends.Looks like Man O War was not your only success. What kind of woman ALWAYS knows where her husband is?........ A Widow.

[Mahubah]

Mahubah, I've been chuckling ever since you got enough posts to become a "Stud". I hope you're a man? Otherwise you might want to apply for a name change to "Blue Hen".

I was still female the last my husband and I looked, so my cyber-change of gender has felt a bit odd, to say the least!

[Thunder]

[reenci]

(And please, Sandi, no serious talk about veterinary overcharges and such -- this is just for fun.)
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Geez--sometimes you have a mean streak a mile wide, Mahubah. I think I have more of a sense of humor than you give me credit for, Missy. AND, I'm not as dumb as I look because I "got" it without even having to have anyone explain it to me.

Very funny, by the way (the joke, not your ribbing).

" im not as dumb as i look".........this is in no way meant as a dig ....but how the hell do we know what you look like ? ....have a great day.

[Sandi in Florida]

reenci--

[reenci]

well... ...........i thought it was funny at the time ...i guess i still do ! have a great day! im off to check out a couple of studs today for my mare.

[Mahubah]

Sandi, I shouldn't have singled you out by name -- obviously, not one of my moments of better judgment. I apologize, and should have done so sooner.