B.C. Health Care
Mr. Jones
goes to the doctor's office to collect his wife's test results. The lab technician says to
him,
“I'm sorry, sir, but there has been a bit of a mix-up and we have a problem.
When we sent the samples from your wife to the lab, the samples from another Mrs. Jones
were sent as well and we are now uncertain which one is your wife's. Frankly, it is either
bad or terrible!”
“What do you mean?” said Mr. Jones.
“Well, one
Mrs. Jones has tested positive for Alzheimer's and the other Mrs. Jones has
tested positive for AIDS. We can't tell which is your wife.”
“That's terrible!" said Mr. Jones.
“Can we do
the test over?”
“Normally,
yes. But you have B.C. Health Care, and they won't pay for these expensive tests
more than once.”
“Well, what am I supposed to do now?” said Mr. Jones.
“B.C. Health
Care recommends that you drop your wife off in the middle of town. If she finds
her way home, don't sleep with her.”