Our family was all in the van driving somewhere over the
holidays a few years ago when we spotted a man with a sign by the side of
the road which read “Former Vet Please Help”.
I, of course, pulled off the road to help. As I rolled down my window to talk to the
man, my younger son said, “Dad! There’s no such thing as a former vet. Either
you’re a vet or you’re not.” He was
right. So, I handed the checkbook back to my wife and we drove away. I thanked
my son for bringing that to my attention.
He’s a bright kid.
As I write this story though, I’m wondering if I acted too
quickly and that maybe I should have asked the guy a question or two. ‘Cause
it’s possible that he really was a
former vet, the only kind of former vet you can be. That, of course, would be a
former veterinarian. But I would expect
a homeless veterinarian to have a sign that would read something like “Former
Vet. Will neuter pets for food”.
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