“I’m afraid I have some very bad news,” the doctor said gravely.
“You’re dying, and you don’t have much time left.”
“That’s awful!” the man replied. “How long do I have?”
The doctor sighed and said softly,
“Ten.”
“Ten?” the man asked nervously. “Ten what? Years? Months? Weeks?!”
Another man went to see his doctor and said,
“Doctor, wherever I touch, it hurts.”
“What do you mean?” the doctor asked.
“Well,” the man explained, “when I touch my shoulder, it hurts. When I touch my knee—OUCH! And when I touch my forehead, it hurts really badly.”
The doctor nodded and said,
“I know exactly what’s wrong with you… you’ve broken your finger.”
Patient 1 asked, “Why did you run away from the operating table?”
Patient 2 replied,
“The nurse kept saying, ‘Don’t be nervous,’ ‘Don’t be afraid,’ ‘Be strong,’ and ‘This is only a small operation.’”
Patient 1 asked, “So what’s wrong with that?”
Patient 2 answered,
“She wasn’t talking to me… she was talking to the doctor.”
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