The Bill

A woman brought a very limp parrot into a veterinary
hospital. As she lay 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 tests 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 minutes later with a beautiful
black labrador. As the bird’s owner looked on in
amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his paws on
the table and sniffed the dead parrot. He looked at the
vet sadly and shook his head.

The Vet led the dog out but returned a few moments
later wit a cat. The cat jumped up on to the table and
sniffed delicately the ex bird. The cat sat back, shook
his head, meowed and ran out of the room.
The Vet looked at the woman and said, “Like I told you,
your parrot is most definitely 100% dead.
He turned to his computer, hit a few keys and produced
a bill and handed it to the woman.

The parrot’s owner, still in shock, took the bill,
”$150 just
to tell me my bird is dead.”
The Vet shrugged, “Well, I’m sorry, but if you had taken my
word for it, the bill would have only been $20, but with the
Lab report and the Cat scan…….What did you expect it to be?”