The Direct Approach
A man wakes up in a hospital bed after a complicated surgery. He blinks against the bright lights and sees a doctor standing at the foot of his bed, looking through a clipboard.
“Doctor,” the man groans weakly, “please tell me straight. How did the operation go?”
The doctor looks up, smiles warmly, and says, “Well, I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want first?”
The patient sighs, “Give me the bad news first, Doctor. Get it over with.”
The doctor nods solemnly, “The bad news is that we accidentally amputated the wrong leg. There was a mix-up in the charts, and your healthy left leg is completely gone.”
The patient gasps in absolute horror, tears welling up in his eyes. “Oh my god! That’s horrific! What on earth could possibly be the good news after that?!”
The doctor brightens up and says, “The good news is that the guy in the next bed over just made an offer to buy your left slippers!”
