A man was wheeling himself frantically down the hall of
the hospital in his wheelchair, just before his operation.
A nurse stopped him and asked, “What’s the matter?”
He said, “I heard the nurse say, ‘It’s a very simple
operation, don’t worry, I’m sure it will be all right.’”
“She was just trying to comfort you, what’s so frightening
about that?”
“She wasn’t talking to me. She was talking to the doctor!”