Bad News!

Doug Skrecky (oberon@vcn.bc.ca)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 08:46:11 -0800 (PST)

From: ge064@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (George Lebovitz) Newsgroups: alt.penpals.forty-plus-yrs

     
     A man hasn't been feeling well, so he goes to his doctor for a 
     complete checkup.  Afterward the doctor comes out with the results.
     

"I'm afraid I have some very bad news," the doctor says. "You're
dying and you don't have much time left."
"Oh, that's terrible!" says the man. "How long have I got?"

"Ten," the doctor says sadly.

"Ten?" the man asks. "Ten what? Months? Weeks? What?"

"Nine..."