Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 08:28:02 -0400
Subject: In memory of Fido...

Attribution-List: me <- My Mom <- her co-worker Louise

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A lady awoke one morning and discovered her dog was not moving. She 
called her vet who asked her to bring the dog in. After a brief 
examination, the vet pronounced the dog dead and handed her a bill for
$25.

"Aren't you going to do ANYTHING?, the distraught woman asked. 

The vet paused, and rubbed his chin thoughtfully, "Well there is one more
thing we can try, but I don't think it will help."

"Oh, please, doctor, anything you can do--Fido was soooo loyal."

The vet left the exam room and returned a moment later with a huge tabby
cat.  He put the tabby on the table with the dog and the tabby walked the
length of the table, sniffing and nudging the dead dog rather
disdainfully.  Finally, the cat jumped off the table and disappeared from
the room.

"No, I'm afraid that's it, nothing else we can do...That'll be $330."

"THREE HUNDRED THIRTY DOLLARS?!?  Five minutes ago, the bill was only
$25!" the woman screamed shrilly.

The vet shrugged, "Yeah, but that was before the cat scan."

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BONUS VERSION (arrived 2/3/1999)

 
 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,
 regrettable, 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.  The vet
 brings in a black labrador.  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?" exclaimed 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."

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