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Stenka25 Posted 19 years ago
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I don't know why this story is funny.

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00FROM THE MEDICAL OFFICE where I was a secretary, I called the hospital X-ray department to get a patient's test results. The technician began to read a lengthy, detailed report.02br
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00 With the doctor standing beside me, anxious for his patient's diagnosis, I interrupted the technician and said,"01b01i00Please, just give me the bottom line02i02b00."02br
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00 She cheerfully obliged by reading,"01b01i00Thank you for referring your patient02i02b00."02br
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00I think the secret of the above story is in the ITAlIC sentences.02br
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00Could you tell me the secret? Thanks. 02br
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0Give me the bottom line - meaning 'tell me the bad news'.02br
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00And the bottom line of that report is also funny...It had no relation to patient's diagnosis at all, sounds like words said to a trading partner.02font
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