Jay calls up the doc at 2 AM. \u201cDoc, my wife is having severe abdomen pain. I think it\u2019s her appendix.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat nonsense!\u201d says the doc sleepily.<\/p>\n
\u201cI took out your wife\u2019s appendix two years ago. Go back to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n
Five minutes later, the phone rings and it\u2019s Jay again. \u201cDoc, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s her appendix.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh God!\u201d the doctor groaned.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you ever hear of anyone having a second appendix?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo\u2026,\u201d says Jay. \u201cBut I\u2019m sure you must have heard of someone having a second wife..!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
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A blonde brought her baby to a doctor. After examining, the doctor immediately determined that the baby had an earache.<\/p>\n
He wrote a prescription for eardrops. In the directions, he wrote, \u201cPut two drops in right ear every four hours,\u201d and he abbreviated \u201cright\u201d as an R with a circle around it.<\/p>\n
Several days passed, and the blonde returned with her baby, looking extremely worried. She explained that the baby still had an earache and that something strange had happened \u2014 his little behind was now becoming extremely greasy from all the oil drops.<\/p>\n
The doctor frowned and picked up the bottle, wondering if there had been some unusual reaction. He carefully checked the label, and sure enough, the pharmacist had typed the following instructions:<\/p>\n
\u201cPut two drops in R ear every four hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
The doctor stared at the label for a moment, then burst out laughing.<\/p>\n
The baby had never received ear treatment at all. The poor child had been getting a completely different kind of \u201ccare\u201d because one tiny letter had caused a very embarrassing misunderstanding.<\/p>\n
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Doctor Simon is known throughout London as one of the best consultants on arthritis. He always has a waiting room full of people who need his advice and specialist treatment.<\/p>\n
One day, an elderly lady slowly struggles into his waiting room. She is completely bent over, barely able to move, and leans heavily on her walking stick. A chair is quickly found for her as everyone watches with sympathy.<\/p>\n
Eventually, her turn comes to go into Doctor Simon\u2019s office. Fifteen minutes later, to everyone\u2019s surprise, she comes briskly out of his room walking almost upright. She is holding her head high and has a huge smile on her face.<\/p>\n
The people in the waiting room stare in amazement.<\/p>\n
A woman says, \u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable, a miracle even. You walked in bent in half, and now you\u2019re almost standing straight. What a fantastic doctor he is!<\/p>\n
Tell me, what did Doctor Simon do to you?\u201d<\/p>\n
The elderly woman smiles and replies, \u201cMiracle, shmiracle\u2026 he didn\u2019t cure my arthritis. He just gave me a longer walking stick.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Two doctors, Dean and Gable, are treating a man with lung disease. They are explaining how his smoking habit has caused his condition to worsen.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s just herbal!\u201d the patient protested. \u201cHow can something natural be bad for me?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Jenkins sighed and leaned back in his chair.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople often think that anything natural is automatically safe. But nature can be dangerous too. Apricot stones contain lethal amounts of cyanide. There is even a certain plant in my back garden that could kill you if you sat under it for just five minutes. So remember, natural doesn\u2019t always mean harmless.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man looked uneasy but seemed convinced. He promised the doctors that he would stop smoking.<\/p>\n
After he left, the doctors went to lunch. As they were sitting down to eat, Dr. Smith suddenly looked curious.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, by the way,\u201d he asked, \u201cwhat exactly is that plant in your garden that can kill someone just by sitting under it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Jenkins calmly picked up his fork and replied:<\/p>\n
\u201cA water lily.\u201d<\/p>\n
The table went silent for a moment.<\/p>\n
Then everyone burst out laughing.<\/p>\n
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Oliver\u2019s wife, Amelia, and their kids all came down with the flu.<\/p>\n
After returning home from the pediatrician\u2019s office with his four children, Oliver turned his attention to his sick wife. He prepared some chicken soup for her, made sure she was comfortable, and then picked up the phone to call her doctor.<\/p>\n
The receptionist answered, and Oliver quickly explained the situation.<\/p>\n
She politely told him that the office would be closed for the next couple of days, but that Amelia could have an appointment in three days.<\/p>\n
Oliver couldn\u2019t believe what he was hearing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree days?!\u201d he shouted into the phone. \u201cThe doctor can\u2019t see her for three days? She could be dead by then!\u201d<\/p>\n
There was a brief silence on the other end of the line.<\/p>\n
Then the receptionist calmly replied:<\/p>\n
\u201cIf that happens, would you please call back to cancel the appointment?\u201d<\/p>\n
The room went quiet as Oliver realized the receptionist had delivered the coldest medical advice he had ever received \u2014 and without even leaving her desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jay calls up the doc at 2 AM. \u201cDoc, my wife is having severe abdomen pain. I think it\u2019s her appendix.\u201d \u201cWhat nonsense!\u201d says the doc sleepily. \u201cI took out your wife\u2019s appendix two years ago. Go back to sleep.\u201d Five minutes later, the phone rings and it\u2019s Jay again. \u201cDoc, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":33036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tales"],"yoast_head":"\n