A man runs into the vet's office carrying his dog, screaming for help. The
vet rushes him back to an examination room and has him put his dog down on the
examination table. The vet examines the still, limp body and after a few
moments, tells the man that his dog, regrettably, is dead. The man, clearly
agitated and not willing to accept this, demands a second opinion.
The vet goes
into the back room and comes out with a cat and puts the cat down next to the
dog's body. The cat sniffs the body, walks from head to tail, poking and
sniffing the dog's body and finally looks at the vet and meows. The vet looks at
the man and says, "I'm sorry, but the cat thinks that your dog is dead, too."
The man is still unwilling to accept that his dog is dead.
So the vet brings in
a black lab, the lab sniffs the body, walks from head to tail, and finally looks
at the vet and barks. The vet looks at the man and says, "I'm sorry, but the lab
thinks your dog is dead too."
The man, finally resigned to the diagnosis, thanks
the vet and asks how much he owes. The vet answers, "$650." "$650 to tell me my
dog is dead?" exclaims the man. "Well," the vet replies, "I would only have
charged you $50 for my initial diagnosis. The additional $600 was for the CAT
scan and lab tests."