HUMOR Digest - 6 Feb 1997 to 7 Feb 1997

Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 03:19:39 -0500
From: Jim Moore Jr
Subject: Moore on Health

After having a heart attack and bypass, I'm always faithful to my Doctor's suggestion to have a complete annual physical, even though my cheap-butt Health Insurance doesn't cover it.

Last year, after spending several hours and $385, I was pronounced in very good health but was warned that my bad cholesterol level and blood pressure were a "little" high, and to watch my diet more.

To celebrate, I went to the Hospital's cafeteria, where they have a breakfast buffet. Carrying a plate loaded down with eggs, sausage, bacon and home fries, I went to the cashier.

After adding up the total, the cashier said, "How ya doing this morning ?"

I told him I was fine, and that I had just passed my three hour annual physical and thought I'd celebrate with a big breakfast.

He said, "Well, you look plenty healthy to me, but if I were you, I'd watch eating like this, because your bad cholesterol and blood pressure are probably a 'little' high."

While waiting in the doctor's office for my wife, I overheard two older ladies discussing their ailments and medications. From what I was able to gather, the conversation had degenerated into a "can you top this?" event.

Finally, one lady, probably seeking to best the other once and for all said, "I'm taking a new experimental pill that has nothing but severe and terrible side-effects."

Mental heath wise, I figure I'm in pretty good shape because I have neither illusions nor delusions. My problem is that I exist day after day in a world of grim reality.

Did ya ever wonder about those people who claim to be suffering from inferiority complexes ? Maybe they don't have a complex at all -- maybe they really are inferior !

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