A lawyer awoke in a hospital bed after a complicated operation, and
found that the curtains were drawn around him. "Why are the curtains
closed?" he asked. "Is it night?"
A nurse replied, "No, it is just that there is a fire across the
street, and we didn't want you waking up and thinking that the
operation was unsuccessful."
Opener (above) Copyright 1997 by Vincent Sabio
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