From: ge064@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (George Lebovitz) Newsgroups: alt.penpals.forty-plus-yrs
A man hasn't been feeling well, so he goes to his doctor for a
complete checkup. Afterward the doctor comes out with the results.
"I'm afraid I have some very bad news," the doctor says. "You're
dying and you don't have much time left."
"Oh, that's terrible!" says the man. "How long have I got?"
"Ten," the doctor says sadly.
"Ten?" the man asks. "Ten what? Months? Weeks? What?"
"Nine..."