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<blockquote data-quote="Pura Vida" data-source="post: 913844" data-attributes="member: 131793">&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; A young doctor moved out&gt; &gt; to a small community to replace a doctor who was&gt; &gt; retiring. The older doctor suggested that the young one&gt; &gt; accompany him on&gt; &gt; his rounds, so the community could become used to a new&gt; &gt; doctor.&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; At the first house, a woman complains, &quot;I&#039;ve been a&gt; &gt; little sick to my&gt; &gt; stomach.&quot;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; The older doctor says, &quot;Well , you&#039;ve probably been&gt; &gt; overdoing the fresh&gt; &gt; fruit. Cut back on the amount you&#039;ve been eating and see&gt; &gt; if that does the&gt; &gt; trick?&quot;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; As they left, the younger man said, &quot;You didn&#039;t&gt; &gt; even examine that woman?&gt; &gt; How did you come to the diagnosis so quickly?&quot;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &quot;I didn&#039;t have to. You noticed I dropped my&gt; &gt; stethoscope on the floor in&gt; &gt; there?&nbsp; When I bent over to pick it up, I noticed a&gt; &gt; half dozen banana peels&gt; &gt; in the trash. That was what probably was making her&gt; &gt; sick.&quot;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; The younger doctor said, &quot;Pretty clever. If you&gt; &gt; don&#039;t mind, I think I&#039;ll try&gt; &gt; that at the next house.&quot;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; Arriving at the next house, they spent several minutes&gt; &gt; talking with a&gt; &gt; younger woman. She explained that she just didn&#039;t have&gt; &gt; the energy she once did&gt; &gt; and said, &quot;I&#039;m feeling terribly run down&gt; &gt; lately.&quot;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &quot;You&#039;ve probably been doing too much for the&gt; &gt; church,&quot; the younger doctor&gt; &gt; told her. &quot;Perhaps you should cut back a bit and see if&gt; &gt; that helps.&quot;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; As they left , the elder doctor said, &quot;I know that&gt; &gt; woman well. Your&gt; &gt; diagnosis is most certainly correct, she&#039;s very active&gt; &gt; in the church, but&gt; &gt; how did you arrive at it?&quot;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt; &quot;I did what you did at the last house. I dropped my&gt; &gt; stethoscope and, when I&gt; &gt; bent down to retrieve it, I noticed the pastor under the&gt; &gt; bed.&quot;&gt; &gt;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pura Vida, post: 913844, member: 131793"] > > > > > > > > > A young doctor moved out > > to a small community to replace a doctor who was > > retiring. The older doctor suggested that the young one > > accompany him on > > his rounds, so the community could become used to a new > > doctor. > > > > At the first house, a woman complains, "I've been a > > little sick to my > > stomach." > > > > The older doctor says, "Well , you've probably been > > overdoing the fresh > > fruit. Cut back on the amount you've been eating and see > > if that does the > > trick?" > > > > As they left, the younger man said, "You didn't > > even examine that woman? > > How did you come to the diagnosis so quickly?" > > > > "I didn't have to. You noticed I dropped my > > stethoscope on the floor in > > there? When I bent over to pick it up, I noticed a > > half dozen banana peels > > in the trash. That was what probably was making her > > sick." > > > > The younger doctor said, "Pretty clever. If you > > don't mind, I think I'll try > > that at the next house." > > > > Arriving at the next house, they spent several minutes > > talking with a > > younger woman. She explained that she just didn't have > > the energy she once did > > and said, "I'm feeling terribly run down > > lately." > > > > "You've probably been doing too much for the > > church," the younger doctor > > told her. "Perhaps you should cut back a bit and see if > > that helps." > > > > As they left , the elder doctor said, "I know that > > woman well. Your > > diagnosis is most certainly correct, she's very active > > in the church, but > > how did you arrive at it?" > > > > "I did what you did at the last house. I dropped my > > stethoscope and, when I > > bent down to retrieve it, I noticed the pastor under the > > bed." > > [/QUOTE]

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