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Letter: Letter

Published 12 June 1999

From Thomas Conway

My father is a general practitioner, and some years ago he was doing a round
of house calls. One elderly man gave him a generous urine sample in a whisky
bottle. My father left it sitting on the back seat of the car while he was doing
his other calls.

A couple of calls later, he returned to his car. He found the back window
smashed and the bottle stolen. I hope the thief knew what whisky is supposed to
smell like.

Kew, Victoria

Issue no. 2190 published 12 June 1999

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