A little old lady went into the Bank of
Melbourne
one day, carrying a bag of money.
She insisted that she must speak with
> the manager of the bank to open a savings account because, "It's a lot of money!"
> After much hemming and hawing, the bank staff finally ushered her into the managers's office
(the customer is always right!).
The bank manager then asked her how much she would like to deposit.
> She replied, "$165,000!" and dumped the cash out of her bag onto his desk.
> The manager was of course curious as to how she came by all this cash, so he asked her, "Ma'am, I'm surprised you're carrying > so much cash around. Where did you get this money?" > The old lady replied, "I make bets."
> The manager then asked, "Bets? What kind of bets?" > The old woman said, "Well, for example, I'll bet you $25,000 that your balls are square."
> "Ha!" laughed the manager, "That's a stupid bet. You can never win that kind of bet!"
> The old lady challenged, "So, would you like to take my bet?"
> "Sure," said the manager, "I'll bet $25,000 that my balls are not square!"
> The little old lady then said, "Okay, but since there is a lot of money involved, may I bring my
lawyer with me tomorrow at 10am as a witness?"
> "Sure!" replied the confident manager.
> That night, the manager got very nervous about the bet and spent a long time in front of a mirror checking his balls,turning from side to side, again and again. He thoroughly checked them out until he was sure that there was absolutely no way his balls were square and that he would win the bet.
> The next morning, at precisely 10am, the little old lady appeared with her lawyer at the manager's office.
She introduced the lawyer to the manager and repeated the bet
"$25,000 says the manager's balls are square!"
The manager agreed with the bet
> again and the old lady asked him to drop his pants so they could all see. The manager complied.
Annette was performing her usual head, neck, and oral exam on a patient and she found an enlarged thyroid. She recommended to the patient that she go see her primary care physician to get a better diagnosis. The patient went to her primary care physician and was told it was probably nothing. Later the patient returned to the dental office and saw Annette and told her what the physician said. Annette could not take that as a final answer and told her that she would not just leave it and should get a second opinion and have other test run. The patient went back
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