A fella comes into his vet in tears holding his apparently dead dog and says "doc you gotta help me - I luv him dearly is there anything you can for him ?"
(by the way readers I am adlibbing this a bit)
The vet who can obviously see the dog is dear departed says "well ok bring him in here and put him on the table and I'll see what I can do.
He goes out the door and comes back with a mangy old tom cat and holds him above the poor old dog to no avail. nothing no reponse.
Next thing he's out the door and comes back with a black labrador which commences to sniff the poor old corpse from head to tail.
Still no reaction for the poor dear departed.
Vet says -I'm terribly sorry there's nothing more I can do for him.
To which the fella replies "thanks doc I guress I ll fix you up for the bill.
Fine says the vet
Thats $120 for the consultation
$150 for the catscan and $200 for the lab report.!