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This used to be an old joke, but it appears in Efc<Efc| it is still a fact
and no joke <
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0r88nrx70o>.
Here in Efc|Efc+, at least this century, I have always received
prescriptions from the Doctor that were output on a printer in their
office. So much less chance of misinterpretation.
Back when I were a lad, this sort of thing was obviously not so
common. There was this joke about a man who got a festive-season
greeting card from his doctor. He couldnrCOt make out what the
handwritten message said. Finally, in desperation (or a stroke of
brilliance), he took the card round to the pharmacist.
The pharmacist looked at the card, took down a bottle from a shelf,
and said rCLThatrCOll be a dollar seventy-five, please.rCY
And thererCOs another clue as to how old that joke is ...
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