those darned insurance companies and HMO's...

The phone rings at the Sanders household, and the lady of the house answers, "Hello?"

"Mrs. Sanders, this is Doctor Jones at Saint Agnes Hospital Laboratory, stated the voice on the other line. "When your husband's doctor sent his biopsy to the lab last week, a biopsy from another Mr. Sanders arrived as well. We are now uncertain which one belongs to your

husband. Frankly, either way the results are not too good."

"What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.

"Well, one of the specimens tested positive for Alzheimer's and the other one tested positive for HIV. We can't tell which is which."

"That's dreadful! Can you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.

"Normally we can, but your insurance company will only pay for these expensive tests one time."

"Well, what am I supposed to do now?"

"The adjustors at your insurance company recommend that you drop your husband off somewhere in the middle of town. If he finds his way home...don't sleep with him..."