The Guiding Light / Feb. 2016 15
TONGUE IN CHEEK
An old geezer became very bored in retirement and decided to open a medical clinic.
He put a sign up outside that said:
Dr. Geezer’s Clinic Get your treatment for $500, if not cured, get back $1000!
Dr. Young, who was positive that this old geezer didn’t know beans about medicine, thought this would be a great opportunity to get $1000. So, he went to Dr. Geezer’s Clinic.
“Dr. Geezer,” said Dr. Young, “I have lost all taste in my mouth. Can you please help me?”
“Absolutely!” says Dr. Geezer. “Nurse, please bring medicine from Box 22 and put three drops in Dr. Young’s mouth.”
“Aaagh, this is gasoline!” screams Dr. Young.
“Congratulations!” says Dr. Geezer, “you’ve got your taste back. That’ll be $500.”
Dr. Young gets quite annoyed and goes back after a couple of days figuring to recover his money.
“I have lost my memory,” claims Dr. Young, “I cannot remember anything!”
“Nurse,” Dr. Geezer says, “please bring medicine from Box 22 and put three drops in the patient’s mouth.”
“Oh, no you don’t!” screams Dr. Young, “that’s gasoline!”
“Congratulations!” replies Dr. Geezer, “you’ve got your memory back. That’ll be $500.”
After having lost $1000, Dr. Young leaves angrily and comes back after several more days.
“My eyesight has become really weak,” says Dr. Young, “I can hardly see anything.”
Dr. Geezer says, “Well, I don’t have any medicine for that, so, here’s your $1000 back,” and hands him a $10 bill.
“But this is only $10!” screams Dr. Young. “Congratulations!” says Dr. Geezer, “you got your vision back. That’ll be $500.”
Moral of Story …… just because you’re ‘young’ doesn’t mean you can outsmart an ‘old geezer!’