A man goes to the doctor, who after examining him says: “You have some problems with your heart, but if you take these tablets, I think it will be okay.”
The doctor gives the man the tablets and the patient asks: “Do I take them every day?”
“No,” replies the doctor, “Take one on Monday, skip Tuesday, take one on Wednesday, skip Thursday and go on like that.”
Two weeks later the doctor is walking down the street, and he sees the patient’s wife.
“Hello,” he says, “How’s your husband?”
“He had a heart attack!” says the wife.
“I’m very sorry to hear that,” says the doctor, “I thought if he took those tablets he would be all right.”
“Oh the tablets were fine,” says the wife. “It was all the bloody skipping that killed him!”