----- Your Duck is Dead--

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> A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary
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> surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet
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> pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's
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> chest.
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> After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and
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> sadly said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has
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> passed away."
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> The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?"
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> "Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied the
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> vet..
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> "How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean
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> you haven't done any testing on him or anything.
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> He might just be in a coma or something."
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> The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the
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> room. He returned a few minutes later with a black
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> Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on
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> in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his
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> front paws on the examination table and sniffed the
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> duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the
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> vet with sad eyes and shook his head.
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> The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out
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> of the room. A few minutes later he returned with
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> a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately
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> sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back
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> on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and
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> strolled out of the room.
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> The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry,
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> but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably,
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> a dead duck."
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> The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys
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> and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman..
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> The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!"
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> she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!" The
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> vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my
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> word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the
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> Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now $150.":cool:
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