Unicorn (Unicorn@Indenial.com)
Sun, 17 Jan 1999 11:13:49 -0500
There are always two sides to the story, aren't they?
LadyHawke
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"Druggist's Bad Day"
Upon arriving home in eager anticipation of a leisurely
evening, the husband was met at the door by his
sobbing wife. Tearfully she explained, "It's the
druggist - he insulted me terribly this morning on the
phone."
Immediately the husband drove downtown to accost
the druggist and demand an apology. Before he
could say more than a word or two, the druggist told
him, "Now, just a minute - listen to my side of it. This
morning the alarm failed to go off, so I was late getting
up. I went without breakfast and hurried out to the car,
but I'll be damned if I didn't lock the house with both
house and car keys inside. I had to break a window
to get my keys. Driving a little too fast, I got a speeding
ticket. Then, about three blocks from the store I had a
flat tire.
When I finally got to the store there was a bunch of
people waiting for me to open up. I got the store
opened and started waiting on these people, and all
the time the darn phone was ringing its head off.
Then I had to break a roll of nickels against the cash
register drawer to make change, and they spilled all
over the floor. I got down on my hands and knees to
pick up the nickels - the phone is still ringing - when I
came up I cracked my head on the open cash drawer,
which made me stagger back against a showcase
with a bunch of perfume bottles on it, and half of them
hit the floor and broke. The phone is still ringing with
no let up, and I finally got back to answer it. It was
your wife - she wanted to know how to use a rectal
thermometer. Well, Mister, I TOLD HER!"
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"2 Drops Every 4 Hours"
My family physician told me of an incident that
actually happened to him back in the early days
of his practice.
He said a woman brought her baby to see him,
and he determined right away that the baby had
an earache. He wrote a prescription for ear drops.
In the directions he wrote, "Put two drops in right
ear every four hours" and he abbreviated "right"
as an R with a circle around it.
Several days passed, and the woman returned
with her baby, complaining that the baby still had
an earache, and his little behind was getting really
greasy with all those drops of oil.
The doctor looked at the bottle of ear drops and
sure enough, the pharmacist had typed the
following instructions on the label:
"Put two drops in R ear every four hours."
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