In recent negotiations for influenza vaccine between a Canadian health official and an American representative, it was clear there was a disconnection between the American Governments sudden reliance on Canada for flu vaccine despite the fact that
the US> wants to discourage Americans from buying prescription drugs from Cdn. pharmacies.
Not seeing the irony in the request, the American continued to press for the vaccine and then demanded to know why the U>S>would be charged for their vaccine when
the Canadian got theirs 'for free'. The Canadian official replied, "Oh, it's not free, the Government pays for it".
"Well then', the american replied, "How much will it cost us?". The Canadian replied "Well, we don't know ... we'll let you know".
In frustration, the American replied, "Well, it's urgent, so just send us an invoice with the shipment. By the way, how will the vaccine be delivered".
After careful consideration, the Canadian official replied, "By cow. Twenty vials of vaccine will be tied around the neck of every cow that crosses over the border. Now, if you want faster delivery ... there are some softwood lumber trucks available..."
ginny -copied from the coldzonegardens
Canadian Humour - Flu Vaccine
lol
I saw that on CZ too Ginny, but I was hesitant to show it here in case to offend our Murrican cuzins. But I'm sure they have enough sense of humour. heeheehee
Great, glad you showed us....
Anna
I have another good one. The Washington Post or maybe NY Times has a wonderful game where you take a word, add one letter and get a completely diff. meaning. Do you want me to post some?
Ginny - who plays word games quite often with grandson, when she isn't reading Harry Potter or now, Lord of the Rings to him.
Go for it Ginny. Nothing else happening here.
I saw that one in an e-mail message/joke. Cute...true too.
I saw it in an e-mail too, and forwarded it to a bunch of folks - didn't think to post it here, though. Thanks, Ginny!!
It's fun to flirt with the edge of the dreaded political post once in a while... ;-)
Shannon
Edited for clumsy fingers....
This message was edited Nov 6, 2004 11:01 AM
Too funny!
Not only do they get their vaccine delivered that way we can fertilize the path along the way! I love it - maybe we'll send them our downtown roundup steers since they are already broke to trail. LOL