- Jul 28, 2003
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Patient says, "Doc, you must check my leg. Something's wrong. Just put
> your ear up to my thigh, you'll hear it!"
>
> The doctor cautiously places his ear to the man's thigh only to hear,
> "Give me $10! I'm desperate! I need $10!"
>
> "I've never seen or heard anything like this before! How long has this
> been going on?" the doctor asked.
>
> "That's nothing, Doc. Put your ear to my knee."
>
> The doctor put his ear to the man's knee and heard it say, "Please! I
> really need $5! Just $5! Please! I'm desperate!"
>
> "Sir, I really don't know what to tell you. I've never seen anything
> like this." The doctor was truly dumbfounded.
>
> "Wait, Doc, that's not all of it. There's more. Just put your ear down
> on my ankle," the man urged him.
>
> The doctor did as the man said and was amazed to hear his ankle plead,
> "Please, I just need $20! Please lend me $20, please! I am really
> desperate!"
>
> "I have no idea what to tell you," the doctor said. "There's nothing
> about it in any of my books," he said as he frantically searched all his
> medical reference books. "However... I can make a well-educated guess.
>
> Based on life and all my previous experiences, I can tell you with some
> certainty, that your leg seems to be broke in three places."
> your ear up to my thigh, you'll hear it!"
>
> The doctor cautiously places his ear to the man's thigh only to hear,
> "Give me $10! I'm desperate! I need $10!"
>
> "I've never seen or heard anything like this before! How long has this
> been going on?" the doctor asked.
>
> "That's nothing, Doc. Put your ear to my knee."
>
> The doctor put his ear to the man's knee and heard it say, "Please! I
> really need $5! Just $5! Please! I'm desperate!"
>
> "Sir, I really don't know what to tell you. I've never seen anything
> like this." The doctor was truly dumbfounded.
>
> "Wait, Doc, that's not all of it. There's more. Just put your ear down
> on my ankle," the man urged him.
>
> The doctor did as the man said and was amazed to hear his ankle plead,
> "Please, I just need $20! Please lend me $20, please! I am really
> desperate!"
>
> "I have no idea what to tell you," the doctor said. "There's nothing
> about it in any of my books," he said as he frantically searched all his
> medical reference books. "However... I can make a well-educated guess.
>
> Based on life and all my previous experiences, I can tell you with some
> certainty, that your leg seems to be broke in three places."
