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woman brought a very limp parrot into a veterinary hospital. As she lay
her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened
to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly
and said, "I'm so sorry, Polly has passed away."
The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure? I mean, you haven't done any
testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something."
The vet rolled his eyes, shrugged, turned and left the room returning
a few moments later with a beautiful black Labrador. As the bird's owner
looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front
paws on the examination table and sniffed the dead parrot from top to
bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head.
The vet led the dog out but returned a few moments later with a cat. The
cat jumped up and also sniffed delicately at the ex-bird. The cat sat
back, shook its head, meowed and ran out of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but like I said, your
parrot is most definitely, 100% certifiably dead."
He then turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a
bill which he handed to the woman.
The parrot's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!" she cried.
"$150 just to tell me my bird is dead?!"
The vet shrugged. "If you'd taken my word for it, the bill would only
have been $20, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan... what did you
expect?"
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Just wanted to remind everyone that we will be closed Monday June 30th until
Monday July 7th. If you need something before then, please order it this
weekend, or early next week, so we can get it out to you before we close.
Phone sales, Internet e-mails and shipping will be closed. While we are
on vacation you can still order on the Internet, but the orders will not
be processed and shipped out until the week of July 7th. They will ship
out in the order they were received. Everyone at HHA wishes you and your
families a safe and happy July 4th Holiday.