Cough

I walked into a pharmacy and saw a guy leaning heavily against the wall. I asked the pharmacist, “What’s up with him?” He said, “He asked for a cough medicine. We didn’t have any, so we gave him a strong laxative and told him to take it right here.” I said, “Are you crazy? That’s not how you treat a cough!” He replied, “Oh, it works — now he’s too scared to cough.”