Should You Buy A Dog?

"Healthcare Today"

Two patients limp into two different American medical
clinics with the same complaint. Both have trouble
walking and appear to require a hip replacement.

The first patient is examined within the hour, is x- rayed
the same day, has a time booked for surgery the next
day and, within two days, is home recuperating.

The second sees the family doctor after waiting a week
for an appointment, then waits eighteen weeks to see
a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for
another month and finally has his surgery scheduled
for 6 months from then.

Why the different treatment for the two patients?

The first is a Golden Retriever.

The second is an HMO patient.

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"Should You Buy A Dog?"

If you want someone who will bring you the
paper without first tearing it apart to remove
the sports section ....
then buy a dog.

If you want someone willing to make a fool
of himself simply over the joy of seeing you ....
then buy a dog.

If you want someone who will eat whatever you
put in front of him and never says its not quite
as good as his mother made it ....
then buy a dog.

If you want someone always willing to go out,
at any hour, for as long and wherever you want...
then buy a dog.

If you want someone who will never touch the
remote, doesn't care about football, and can sit
next to you as you watch romantic movies...
then buy a dog.

If you want someone who is content to get up on
your bed just to warm your feet and whom you
can push off if he snores ....
then buy a dog.

If you want someone who never criticizes what you
do, doesn't care if you are pretty or ugly, fat or thin,
young or old, who acts as if every word you say is
especially worthy of listening to, and loves you
unconditionally, perpetually....
then buy a dog.

But, on the other hand, if you want someone who
will never come when you call, ignores you totally
when you come home, leaves hair all over the place,
walks all over you, runs around all night and only
comes home to eat and sleep, and acts as if your
entire existence is solely to ensure his/her happiness....
then buy a cat...

...or get a husband!
Received on Sun Feb 25 07:18:02 2007