
A pharmacist returns from his lunch break to find a man leaning against the counter in a very tense way. "What"s the matter with him?", he asks his new, pretty blonde assistant.
"He came in with a really bad cough, and asked me for some strong cough medicine", she replied. "I couldn"t find any on the shelf, so I gave him a strong laxative instead. He swallowed the lot!"
"You stupid girl", the pharmacist yelled. "Laxatives won"t cure a cough" "They"re working for him" she pointed out. He"s been standing there for ages,without moving, and he hasn"t coughed once since he took them!"