Fwd: FW: SICK PARROT

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In a message dated 10/10/02 1:55:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

JFLANAGAN@... writes:

> Fw: SICK PARROT

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> > SICK PARROT

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> > A woman brought a very limp parrot into the veterinary office. As she lay

> > her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to

> > the bird's chest.

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> > After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, " I'm so

> > sorry, Polly has passed away. "

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> > The distressed owner wailed, " Are you sure? I mean, you haven't done any

> > testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something. "

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> > The vet rolled his eyes, shrugged, turned and left the room, returning a

> > few moments later with a beautiful black Labrador. As the bird's owner

> > looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front

> > paws on the examination table and sniffed the dead parrot 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, but returned a few moments later with

> > a cat. The cat jumped up and also sniffed delicately at the ex-bird. The

> > cat sat back, shook its head, meowed and ran out of the room.

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> > The vet looked at the woman and said, " I'm sorry, but like I said, your

> > parrot is most definitely 100% certifiably ... dead. " He then turned to

> > his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill which he handed

> > to the woman.

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> > The parrot's owner, still in shock, took the bill. " $150! " , she cried,

> > " $150 just to tell me my bird is dead.!! "

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> > The vet shrugged. " If you'd taken my word for it the bill would only have

> > been $20, but what with the Lab report and the cat scan..... "

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> > Have a great day!

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