Dead Duck

[deerejon]

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary surgeon. 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 and sadly said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles,

has passed away."

The distressed woman wailed,

"Are you sure?"

 "Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied

the vet..

"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 minutes 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 up at the vet with sad eyes and

shook his head.

The vet patted the dog on the

head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he

returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also

delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. 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, this is most

definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."

 

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 had just taken my word for it,

the bill would have been $20, ......................................but with the Lab Report and the

Cat Scan, it's now $150."

[TBB]

SOOOO bad it's good!!!