The Midnight Call
A famous surgeon had just fallen into a deep sleep after finishing a long day at the hospital when his phone suddenly rang at 2:00 a.m.
Half-awake, he reached for the receiver.
On the other end, a frantic young man was almost shouting.
“Doctor! Please, you have to help! My wife has terrible pain in her lower abdomen. I know it’s appendicitis! Please come right away!”
The surgeon rubbed his eyes and tried to reassure him.
“Take a deep breath, son. If I remember correctly, I removed your wife’s appendix myself about two years ago. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. Nobody has two appendixes.”
There was a brief silence.
Then the man answered in an even more desperate voice,
“I know that, Doctor…”
“…but plenty of men have two wives!”
