Dead duck...

Couldn't resist...

Jeff T.

Dead Duck!
A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she lay
her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to
the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly
and said,"I'm so sorry, your pet has passed away." The distressed owner
wailed, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. The duck is dead," he replied.
"How can you be so sure", she protested. "I mean, you haven't done any
testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room. He returned a
few moments later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner
looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front
paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom.
He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head. The vet
patted the dog and took it out and returned a few moments later with a
beautiful cat. The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed the bird
from its peak to its tail and back again. The cat sat back on its
haunches, shook its head, meowed softly, jumped down and strolled out of
the room. The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I
said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck." Then the
vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill,
which he handed to the woman. The duck's owner, still in shock, took
the bill. "$150!" she cried. "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead?!!"

The vet shrugged. "I'm sorry. If you'd taken my word for it, the bill
would have been $20. But what with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it
all adds up."

Cute!


"Jeff Taylor" <foiler.TakeThisOut@hotpop.com> wrote in message
news:y44%b.22$mA3.20989@news.uswest.net...
> Couldn't resist...
>
> Jeff T.
>
> Dead Duck!
> A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. As she lay
> her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to
> the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly
> and said,"I'm so sorry, your pet has passed away." The distressed owner
> wailed, "Are you sure?"
> "Yes, I'm sure. The duck is dead," he replied.
> "How can you be so sure", she protested. "I mean, you haven't done any
> testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
> The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room. He returned a
> few moments later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner
> looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front
> paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom.
> He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head. The vet
> patted the dog and took it out and returned a few moments later with a
> beautiful cat. The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed the bird
> from its peak to its tail and back again. The cat sat back on its
> haunches, shook its head, meowed softly, jumped down and strolled out of
> the room. The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I
> said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck." Then the
> vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill,
> which he handed to the woman. The duck's owner, still in shock, took
> the bill. "$150!" she cried. "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead?!!"
>
> The vet shrugged. "I'm sorry. If you'd taken my word for it, the bill
> would have been $20. But what with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it
> all adds up."
>
>
>