healthy as a horse

my doctor tells me that i'm

healthy as a horse

as he takes the blood pressure

wrap off my arm.

i put my clothes

back on

and ask him what he means

by that.

i'm as healthy as a horse?

do i look like a horse,

do i have flies

around me,

do i eat hay?

no, no, no.

it's an old expression.

i'm just saying,

you're very healthy.

it's just a saying.

but why say healthy as a horse?

horses get

sick, don't they?

i saw a horse lying in the street

once, when

i was a kid

and a policeman

shot him.

he didn't look too healthy.

in fact he was foaming

at the mouth.

i think you should stop

saying that to people,

it makes no sense. no sense

at all.

okay, okay.

he says.

whew.

see you in six months.

by the way,

i think you are overdue for

a colonoscopy.