SUNBEAMS

Doctor:  "Well, Mrs. Olsen, we've talked about your high blood pressure and your medications.  Are     you experiencing any paticular stress in your life?"

Patient:  "Oh, yes!  It's the Sunbeams.  They're driving me crazy.."

Doctor: (very surprised)  "The sunbeams..."

Patient:  "Yes.  I've never had trouble with them before, but this group won't sit still.  They bounce all over the room, and run out the door and down the hall."

Doctor: (Reaching for his pen) "Have you told anyone about this?"

Patient: "Of course.  I told the president."

Doctor: "Really!  What did the president say?"

Patient: "He said Sunbeams are like that and just to have patience."

Doctor: (Concerned that he may be missing something) "I know people who are sensitive to sunbeams.  Do they cause a rash or anything?"

Patient: (Confused) "A rash?  No."

Doctor:  "What's the biggest problem they're creating?"

Patient: "It's the noise.  They just won't quit talking."

Doctor: (Astonished) "The sunbeams are talking to you?"

Patient: "Well, yes.  But mostly to each other."

Doctor: (Scribbling furiously in the chart) "I see.  Can anyone else hear them talking?"

Patient:  (After a moment of stunned silence) "You're not LDS, are you?"
 

                                                                                                                 --Robert Armstrong, M.D.