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> 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, 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,” 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, 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 beautiful 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, this
> 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 only $20, but what with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan ….”