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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Level Head who wrote (19021)	5/3/2001 11:28:17 PM
From: xr1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

You're going to get a kick our of this one! > > One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Jack says to Mike behind him, > "My > elbow hurts like hell. I guess I better see a doctor." > "Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money," Mike replies. > "There's > a diagnostic computer at the drugstore at the corner. Just give it a > urine sample and the computer'll tell you what's wrong and what to do > about > it. It takes ten seconds and costs ten dollars...a hell of a lot cheaper > than a doctor." > So Jack deposits a urine sample in a small jar and takes it to the > drugstore. > He deposits ten dollars, and the computer lights up and asks for the > urine > sample. He pours the sample into the slot and waits. Ten seconds later, > the > computer ejects a printout: You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm > > water and avoid heavy activity. It will improve in two weeks. > That evening while thinking how amazing this new technology was, Jack > began > wondering if the computer could be fooled. He mixed some tap water, a > stool > sample from his dog, urine samples from his wife and daughter, and > masturbated into the mixture for good measure. > Jack hurries back to the drugstore, eager to check the results. He > deposits > ten dollars, pours in his concoction, and awaits the results. The > computer > prints the following: > 1. Your tap water is too hard. Get a water softener. > 2. Your dog has ringworm. Bathe him with anti-fungal shampoo. > 3. Your daughter has a cocaine habit. Get her into rehab. > 4. Your wife is pregnant...twin girls. They aren't yours. Get a lawyer. > 5. If you don't stop playing with yourself, your elbow will never get > better. >