08-26-2005, 08:58 PM
> ----- The phone rings.
> > The lady of the house answers, "Yes?
> > Mrs. Ward, please."
> > "Speaking"
> > "Mrs. Ward, this is Doctor Jones at the Medical
> > Testing Laboratory.
> > When your Doctor sent your husband's samples to the
> > lab, the samples
> > from
> > another Mr. Ward were sent as well and we are now
> > uncertain which one is
> > your husband's. Frankly, it is either bad or
> > terrible."
> > "What do you mean?" Mrs. Ward asks.
> > "Well, one Mr. Ward has tested positive for
> > Alzheimers disease (related
> > to
> > memory) and the other for AIDS. We can't tell which
> > your husband's is"
> > "That's terrible! Can we do the test over?"
> > questions Mrs. Ward.
> > "Normally, yes. But Medicare won't pay for these
> > expensive tests more
> > than
> > once."
> > "Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
> > "The people at Medicare recommend that you drop your
> > husband off in the
> > middle of town.
> > If he finds his way home, don't sleep with him."
> >
> > The lady of the house answers, "Yes?
> > Mrs. Ward, please."
> > "Speaking"
> > "Mrs. Ward, this is Doctor Jones at the Medical
> > Testing Laboratory.
> > When your Doctor sent your husband's samples to the
> > lab, the samples
> > from
> > another Mr. Ward were sent as well and we are now
> > uncertain which one is
> > your husband's. Frankly, it is either bad or
> > terrible."
> > "What do you mean?" Mrs. Ward asks.
> > "Well, one Mr. Ward has tested positive for
> > Alzheimers disease (related
> > to
> > memory) and the other for AIDS. We can't tell which
> > your husband's is"
> > "That's terrible! Can we do the test over?"
> > questions Mrs. Ward.
> > "Normally, yes. But Medicare won't pay for these
> > expensive tests more
> > than
> > once."
> > "Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
> > "The people at Medicare recommend that you drop your
> > husband off in the
> > middle of town.
> > If he finds his way home, don't sleep with him."
> >
