Modern Medicine
Two men were working together at the sawmill when one of them accidentally sawed his arm off. Quickly thinking his friend took the arm, put it in a plastic bag and rushed them to hospital. The following day he visited the hospital to find his friend playing tennis. "The wonders of modern science." Later that month, back at work while chatting away a lapse in concentration resulted in the same careless bloke sawing his leg off. Knowing the drill his friend took the leg, put it into a plastic bag and off they all went to hospital. The next visiting time he found his friend playing football. "The wonders of modern science." A week later back at work, the idiot leaned forward just a little too far and sawed off his head. Straight away his friend took the head, put it in a plastic bag and rushed them all off to hospital. The next day the friend visited to find no sign of his chum. "Where's my mate" he asked the orderly. "Well," said the orderly, "we probably could have saved him but some idiot put his head in a plastic bag and he suffocated."
Originally published November 14, 2002.
