A man had been feeling sick for several days. Finally, he decided to try a new doctor who had just moved into town.

After hearing the man's symptoms and listening to his belly with a stethoscope, the doctor told him that he had a tapeworm.

"Oh, is that bad? How can I get rid of it?" asked the man.

"Come in tomorrow and bring a hard boiled egg and a lemon cookie," said the doctor. When the doctor noticed the puzzled look on his patient's face, he said, "Trust me. I'm the doctor."

The next day, the man brought in the hardboiled egg and the lemon cookie.

"Drop your pants and bend over," said the doctor.

"What?" said the man.

"Trust me. I'm the doctor."

The man dropped his pants and bent over. SWOOSH! The doctor shoved the egg up his rear end.

"Whoa! Hold on a minute!" screamed the man.

"Hold still and trust me. I'm the doctor."

A minute later, SWOOSH! Up went the lemon cookie.

"Now pull up your pants and come back tomorrow with a hard boiled egg and a lemon cookie," said the doctor. When the patient started to protest, the doctor said, "Trust me. I'm the doctor."

The man came in the following day with the hard boiled egg and the lemon cookie.

"Drop your pants and bend over," said the doctor.

"This again?" yelled the man.

"Trust me. I'm the doctor."

The man dropped his pants and bent over. SWOOSH! The doctor shoved the egg up his rear end.

"Oh! I can't believe I'm doing this!" said the man.

"Hold still now and trust me. I'm the doctor."

A minute later, SWOOSH! Up went the lemon cookie.

"Now pull up your pants and come back tomorrow with another hard boiled egg and another lemon cookie," said the doctor. As the man started to shake his head, the doctor said, "Trust me. I'm the doctor."

This went on all week until one day, after the man pulled up his pants, the doctor said, "Now come in tomorrow and bring a hard boiled egg and a hammer." As the man turned pale, the doctor said, "Trust me. I'm the doctor."

The man got no sleep that night, worried to death about what the hammer would feel like when it was shoved up his rear end. He almost stayed home, but he still felt sick. So far, the treatments hadn't helped, and he was afraid that he'd have to start over if he went to a new doctor.

The man came in the next day and brought the hard boiled egg and the hammer.

"Drop your pants and bend over," said the doctor.

"But why do we need a hammer?" asked the man nervously.

"Trust me. I'm the doctor."

The man dropped his pants and bent over. SWOOSH! The doctor shoved the egg up his rear end.

"Please!" said the man, terrified of what was to come next.

"Hold still and trust me. I'm the doctor."

A minute later, the man was about to pass out from terror, and he was involuntarily clenching his rear end as tight as he could. Then nothing happened. Several more minutes passed, and he started to relax.

The man was about to straighten up and ask the doctor what had happened, when the tapeworm stuck its head out of his rear end and yelled, "Where's my lemon cookie?!"

And WHAM! Down came the hammer.