A Vet's Second Opinion


          A man runs into the vet's office carrying his dog,  screaming for
          help. The vet rushes him back to an  examination room and has him
          put his dog down on  the examination table.  The vet examines the
          still,  limp body and after a few moments tells the man  that his
          dog, regrettably,  is dead.   The man,  clearly agitated  and not
          willing to accept  this, demands a second opinion.  The  vet goes
          into the back room  and comes out  with  a cat  and puts the  cat
          down next to the dog's body.  The cat sniffs the body, walks from
          head to  tail poking   and sniffing  the dog's  body and  finally
          looks at the vet  and meows.  The vet looks at  the man and says,
          "I'm sorry, but the  cat thinks that your dog is  dead too."  The
          man is  still unwilling to accept that his dog  is dead.  The vet
          brings in a black labrador.  The lab sniffs the  body, walks from
          head to  tail, and finally looks at the   vet and barks.  The vet
          looks at the man  and says, "I'm  sorry, but the  lab thinks your
          dog is dead too."
               The man, finally resigned to  the diagnosis, thanks the  vet
          and asks how much he owes.
               The vet answers, "650 dollars.
               "650 dollars to tell me my dog is dead?" exclaimed the man. 
               "Well," the vet replies, "I would only have charged you  $50
          for my initial diagnosis.   The additional $600 was   for the cat
          scan and lab tests."