Bill sent me this joke. I thought, I've seen this many times before. Surely I've posted it. Nope. Couldn't find it in my posts. I can't say that anymore!
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A Chinese doctor couldn’t find a job in America so he opened his own clinic.
Six months later, a lawyer walked by the clinic and notice the sign outside that read:
TREATMENT COST $20
IF WE CAN'T CURE YOU
YOU GET $100 BACK
The lawyer thought this was a great opportunity to earn $100 and went in.
The doctor walked right up to him and asked, “What seem to be problem?"
“I’ve lost my sense of taste,” the lawyer, replied.
Doctor: "Nurse, please bring medicine from Box 14 and put three drops on his tongue."
The nurse fetched the medicine, walked over to the lawyer, and said, "Open your mouth nice and wide for me, sir."
When the drops of medicine hit his tongue, the lawyer coughed and sputtered.
Lawyer: "That's not medicine, it's kerosene!"
Doctor: "Congrats, your taste restored. $20 please."
Annoyed, the lawyer paid the doctor and left.
Still determined to get the $100, he came back a few days later, and the doctor says, “Back again?"
Lawyer: "I'm sorry, have we met before? You see, I've lost my memory."
Doctor: "Nurse, please bring medicine from Box 14 and put three drops on his tongue."
Nurse: "Open wide and say ahh for me."
When the drops of medicine hit his tongue, the lawyer coughed and sputtered.
Lawyer: "More kerosene? You gave me this last time for restoring my taste!”
Doctor: "Congrats, your memory back. $20 please."
Fuming, the lawyer paid the doctor $20, left, and waited a whole week before returning
Lawyer: "My eyesight has become very weak. I think I'm going blind."
Doctor: "Sadly, I have no medicine for that, so I give you $100."
The lawyer stared at the bill.
Lawyer: "But this is $20, not $100!”
Doctor: "Congrats, your eyesight restored. $20 please."
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17 comments:
I do love to see a lawyer outsmarted.
Sue - I'll wait for Deb to voice an opinion before I agree.
That is SO clever! :)
River - The joke or me? I've never been accused of being cleaver before so it must be the joke.
Thanks to both of you! I like when people who think they are smart get taken down by people more clever than themselves
Funny, though I'm not sure why the doctor is Chinese.
As to Kirk’s comment, there really is no reason why the doctor is Chinese, unless it’s to liven up the joke with a faux Chinese “accent” in the telling. It works equally well with any ethnic group, or none. But as everyone has noted, it’s always fun to see a lawyer get taken down a peg … it should happen more often.
Has anyone ever evaluated the efficacy of TCM against western (non-apparative) medicine?
It's always a good joke when the lawyer is outsmarted!
Ah, those Chinese Doctors are always better than Western Medicine, I enjoyed this and may forward it to my Eastern Medical Doc. *winks*
As for Ole phat Stu's Question, I have had better results from Eastern Medicine than from any Western Medicine my whole life, that and Tribal Medicine my Dad used is superior IMO, but, Big Pharma sure doesn't want to be in the Business of Wellness, no Money to be made off Well People and making them dependent upon Drugs is the Western Medicine way. I've found that Eastern Medicine relies upon aiding your own Body to do what it is Naturally Designed to do, which is Heal, if at all possible. You don't have to tell your Body to do that, it wants to try to repair itself Naturally... but, we've become so dependent upon masking ailments and dependency upon Drugs that it's become very Profitable, more in keeping people Sick than in aiding them towards Wellness.
Dentists should never be messed with.
Cloudia - I'm waiting for that day to happen for me! It could happen. You never know.
Kirk - See Bilbo's explanation. It's better than my "beats me!"
Bill - You really stirred up a hornet's nest. I still can't believe I hadn't posted this before.
Stu - I found TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), but apparative - nope, except the company; apparitive - nope, except all the blogger's use of the word; aparitive - YES!, having a stimulating effect on the appetite.
Deb - I'm glad you agree. I thought you probably would.
Dawn - I agree to a point but pills are keeping me alive right now.
Susan - Did you have a bad experience with a dentist? I've had a few.
That's one smart doctor.
Kathy - Smarter than me.
Apparative = using an apparatus.
Anon - ?
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