Vet. bill!!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Vet. bill!!
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Wed, 09-10-2003 - 11:27am


A woman brought a very limp parrot into a veterinary surgery. As she laid 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, Polly has passed away. "



The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure? 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, shrugged, turned and left the room, returning a few moments later with a beautiful black Labrador. As the bird's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the dead parrot from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his

head.



The vet took the dog out, and returned a few moments later with a cat. The cat jumped up and also sniffed delicately at the ex-bird. The cat sat back, shook its head, meowed, jumped down from the table and ran out of the room.



The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but like I said,

your parrot is most definitely, 100%, certifiably . . .dead. " He then turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill which he handed to the woman.

The parrot's owner, still in shock, examined it. "$150! " she cried, outraged. "$150 just to tell me my bird is dead? ? ? "



The vet shrugged. "If you'd taken my word for it, the bill would only have been $20, but what with the Lab report and the cat scan. . . "


Rhonda

       ~~Rhonda~~


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Registered: 01-06-2000
In reply to: rsmurray
Wed, 09-10-2003 - 3:13pm
What a horrid play on words! I have to pass it on, of course!

Cussette

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Registered: 01-03-2001
In reply to: rsmurray
Wed, 09-10-2003 - 3:53pm
LOL I loved this!!!Thanks for the laugh , Rhonda.

Miss P




 

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Registered: 04-06-2003
In reply to: rsmurray
Wed, 09-10-2003 - 4:14pm
This was very funny. Thanks for the laugh!

Debbie

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: rsmurray
Wed, 09-10-2003 - 6:53pm
That was great!

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Phyllis

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Registered: 02-27-2001
In reply to: rsmurray
Wed, 09-10-2003 - 8:40pm
Good one! Nancy
Nancy

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