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Modern Medicine
> >One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Jack says to Mike behind him, >"My elbow hurts terribly. I guess I better see a doctor." >"Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money," Mike replies. >"There's a diagnostic computer at the corner drugstore. Just give it a >urine sample and the computer will tell you what's wrong and what to do >about it. >It takes ten seconds and costs ten dollars... a heck of a lot cheaper >than a doctor." >So Jack collects a urine sample in a small jar and takes it to the >drugstore. He deposits ten dollars, and the computer lights up and asks >for the urine sample. He pours the sample into a funnel and waits. Ten >seconds later, the computer ejects a printout: You have tennis elbow. >Soak your arm in warm water and avoid heavy activity. It will improve in two >weeks. >That evening while thinking how amazing this new technology was, Jack >began wondering if the computer could be fooled. He mixed some tap water, >a stool sample from his dog, urine samples from his wife and daughter, >scraped some oil off the driveway and masturbated into the mixture for good >measure. >Jack hurries back to the drugstore, eager to check the results. >He deposits ten dollars, pours in his concoction, and awaits the results. >The computer prints the following: >1. Your tap water is too hard. Get a water softener. >2. Your dog has ringworm. Bathe him with anti-fungal shampoo. >3. Your daughter has a cocaine habit. Get her into rehab. >4. Your wife is pregnant...twin girls. They aren't yours. Get a lawyer. >5. Your Volvo needs rings. >6. And If you don't stop playing with yourself, your elbow will never get >better. |
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