An elderly physician, Doctor Geezer, became very bored in retirement and decided to re-open a medical clinic.
He put a sign up outside that said: “Dr Geezer’s clinic:
Get your treatment for $500 – if not cured, get back $1,000.”
Doctor Young, who was positive that this old geezer didn’t know beans about medicine, thought this would be a great opportunity to get $1,000. So he went to Dr Geezer’s clinic.
Dr. Young:
“Dr. Geezer, I have lost all taste in my mouth. Can you please help me?”
Dr. Geezer:
“Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in Dr. Young’s mouth.”
Dr. Young:
‘Aaagh! — This is gasoline!”
Dr. Geezer:
“Congratulations! You’ve got your taste back. That will be $500.”
Dr. Young, very annoyed, goes back after a couple of days figuring to recover his money.
Dr. Young:
“I have lost my memory, I cannot remember anything.”
Dr. Geezer:
“Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient’s mouth.”
Dr. Young:
“Oh, no you don’t — that’s gasoline!”
Dr. Geezer:
“Congratulations! You’ve got your memory back. That will be $500.”
Dr. Young (now having lost $1000) leaves angrily and comes back after several more days.
Dr. Young:
“My eyesight has become weak — I can hardly see anything!”
Dr. Geezer:
“Well, I don’t have any medicine for that so here’s your $1000 back” (giving him a $10 bill).
Dr. Young:
“But this is only $10!”
Dr. Geezer:
“Congratulations! You got your vision back! That will be $500.”
Moral of story —
Just because you’re “Young” doesn’t mean that you can outsmart an old Geezer.
Remember:
Don’t make old people mad. We don’t like being old in the first place, so it doesn’t take much to set us off.