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A man rushes in to his
local doctor, and says "Doctor, Doctor, you've got
to help me!" "What seems to be the
problem?" the doctor replies. "Well," said
the rather distraught man, "the other day, I came
home from work, and I walked into the bedroom, and there
she was - my wife, lying in bed with another man! I just
went mad - insane, even! I dived into the cupboard,
pulled out my shotgun and pointed it at my wife. I was
about to pull the trigger, when the other man said to me,
'Listen! Don't do it! If you shoot her, you'll go to jail
for the rest of your life, and you won't get to see your
wife at all, ever. Why don't you put the gun down, we'll
make some coffee, and we'll just talk this whole thing
over?' So, we made some coffee and talked it over."
"I see." said the doctor. "So, what's the
problem?" "Well," said the man, "the
next day I came home from work, only to find her in bed
with the same man! I went mad with rage, dived into the
cupboard for the shotgun again, and pointed it at him.
Just before I pulled the trigger, the guy says, 'Listen!
This is crazy! If you shoot me, you'll get locked in the
clink for the rest of your life, and you wife will be
free to do this anytime she want with any man she
pleases. There must be another solution. Tell you what -
put the gun down, we'll make some coffee and we'll talk
it over.' So, we talked it over."
"Aha." said the doctor, unsure where all this
was leading. "So, what exactly is the problem?"
"Well, the night after that, I came home and found
her in bed with the same guy again! I was livid and
flooded with despair. This time, I reached into the
cupboard, pulled out the shotgun and put both ends on the
barrel into my mouth. Just before I pulled the trigger,
this guy comes back with, 'Listen. Don't do it! Don't
pull the trigger! If you kill yourself, where will you be
then? You'll be dead, and your wife and I can go on doing
this whenever we please, not just when you're at work!
Why don't we sit down with some coffee and we'll talk it
over.' So, we made the coffee and talked it all over
again!"
"Okay!" said the doctor. "I get the
message. But if this other guy is so understanding and
you've all 'talked it over' so many times, what is the
bloody problem?"
"Well," said the man, "I was wondering, is
all this coffee bad for my health?"

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