>
>A woman brought a very limp parrot into a veterinary surgery. As she laid
>her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to
>the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and
>said, "I'm so sorry, Polly has passed away".
>
>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?" The vet rolled his eyes, shrugged, turned and left the room
>returning a few moments later with 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. 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.
>
>The parrot's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried. "$150
>just to tell me my bird is dead?"
>
>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..."
>A woman brought a very limp parrot into a veterinary surgery. As she laid
>her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to
>the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and
>said, "I'm so sorry, Polly has passed away".
>
>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?" The vet rolled his eyes, shrugged, turned and left the room
>returning a few moments later with 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. 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.
>
>The parrot's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried. "$150
>just to tell me my bird is dead?"
>
>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..."
