Post by irishstick on Jan 9, 2009 23:40:18 GMT 1
A young doctor had moved to a small community
to replace a doctor who was retiring.
The older doctor suggested that the young one
accompany him on his rounds, so the community
could become used to a new doctor.
At the first house a woman complains, 'I've been
a little sick to my stomach.'
The older doctor says, 'Well, you've probably been
overdoing the fresh fruit. Why not cut back on the
amount you've been eating and see if that does the trick?'
As they left, the younger man said, 'You didn't even examine that woman.
How'd you come to the diagnosis so quickly?'
'I didn't' have to. You noticed I dropped my stethoscope on the floor in there?
When I bent over to pick it up, I noticed a half-dozen banana peels in the trash.
That was what probably was making her sick.'
'Huh,' the younger doctor said 'Pretty clever, I think
I'll try that at the next house.' Arriving at the next
house, they spent several minutes talking with a younger woman.
She complained that she just didn't have the energy she once did and said, 'I'm feeling terribly run down lately.'
'You've probably been doing too much work for the
Church,' the younger doctor told her. 'Perhaps you
should cut back a bit and see if that helps.'
As they left, the elder doctor said, 'I know that woman well,
your diagnosis is almost certainly correct, but how did you arrive at it?'
'I did what you did at the last house, I dropped my
stethoscope and when I bent down to retrieve it, I
noticed the vicar under the bed.'
to replace a doctor who was retiring.
The older doctor suggested that the young one
accompany him on his rounds, so the community
could become used to a new doctor.
At the first house a woman complains, 'I've been
a little sick to my stomach.'
The older doctor says, 'Well, you've probably been
overdoing the fresh fruit. Why not cut back on the
amount you've been eating and see if that does the trick?'
As they left, the younger man said, 'You didn't even examine that woman.
How'd you come to the diagnosis so quickly?'
'I didn't' have to. You noticed I dropped my stethoscope on the floor in there?
When I bent over to pick it up, I noticed a half-dozen banana peels in the trash.
That was what probably was making her sick.'
'Huh,' the younger doctor said 'Pretty clever, I think
I'll try that at the next house.' Arriving at the next
house, they spent several minutes talking with a younger woman.
She complained that she just didn't have the energy she once did and said, 'I'm feeling terribly run down lately.'
'You've probably been doing too much work for the
Church,' the younger doctor told her. 'Perhaps you
should cut back a bit and see if that helps.'
As they left, the elder doctor said, 'I know that woman well,
your diagnosis is almost certainly correct, but how did you arrive at it?'
'I did what you did at the last house, I dropped my
stethoscope and when I bent down to retrieve it, I
noticed the vicar under the bed.'
