A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgery. 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 Duck Cuddles has passed away."
The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure. The duck is dead," he replied.
"How can you be so sure," 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, and 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
cat.
The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed delicately at the bird. The
cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and strolled out
of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, he 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 with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan it's now $150.00
..."
