MEDICAL instructions can be confusing.
A very tiny, shy, lady stopped by her pharmacy with a script after visiting her doctor.
She confided incidentally that the nurse had given her a bottle to take a 24-hour urine sample.
Just before closing time that night, she called, desperation in her voice, urgency in each word.
"I can't reach the doctor or his nurse," she said in a strained whisper, "so maybe you can tell me what to do.
"It's only been 12 hours since I left the doctor's office, and I can't hold it any longer."
sometimes you can't win when trying to help customers, but at Christmas time (only nine weeks away) it's worth a try.
A pharmacist surrounded by many shoppers had a young man push through to ask for a tube of "Prolong".
The discreet pharmacist produced the desensitising cream only to be asked, "Will it really help my Christmas tree?"
Unsure if she was being played, the pharmacist described how it would help the young man's sex life.
He turned a deep shade of red and slunk out of the store.
A television advert for "Prolong" for your Christmas tree made it all clear.
A few days later another man asked fore the same product.
"Is it for your Christmas tree?" the pharmacist asked.
The man laughed saying, "I haven't heard it called that before."
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