Three desperately ill men met with their
doctor one day to discuss their options. One was an alcoholic, one was a chain smoker, and
one was a homosexual.
The doctor, addressing all three of them,
said, "If any of you indulge in your vices one more time, you will surely die."
The men left the doctor's office, each
convinced that he would never again indulge himself in his vice.
While walking toward the subway for their
return trip to the suburbs, they passed a bar. The alcoholic, hearing the loud music and
seeing the lights, could not stop himself. His buddies accompanied him into the bar, where
he had a shot of whiskey. No sooner had he replaced the shot glass on the bar, he fell off
his stool, stone cold dead.
His companions, somewhat shaken, left the
bar, realizing how seriously they must take the doctor's words. As they walked along, they
came upon a cigarette butt lying on the ground, still burning.
The homosexual looked at the chain smoker
and said, "If you bend over to pick that up, we're both dead!"
