A very distraught woman and her daughter arrived at a veterinary clinic in a funk, carrying a lifeless hamster. "Doctor" she wept, "can you help us, the hamster is very sick." The vet immediately looked the animal over, eventually using his stethoscope to listen for a heartbeat. "I'm sorry" he finally said, "but the creature is dead." The daughter broke down crying and weeping. "Please" said the woman "can't you do something, my daughter is brokenhearted." The veterinarian proceeded to leave the room, soon to return, followed by a black Labrador Retriever. He placed the hamster at the dogs feet and the Lab began to sniff the hamster from head to toe. In a few minutes the dog looked up at the Doctor, shook its head and padded out the door. Next, the Vet brought in a large calico cat and placed the hamster in front of it. The cat sprang into action, smelling the critter all over. In a short time the cat also looked up, shook its head, and quietly left the room. "There you have it" said the Vet,"the hamster is surely dead." He left, and returned with the fee for $855 dollars. "$855 dollars!", shouted the woman, "how can you charge that much just to tell me my hamster is dead???" "Well", said the Vet, "my charge was only $35, but the Lab work and Catscan ran the bill up."
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