A pharmacist walked into his shop and noticed a man leaning against the wall.

He looked unwell, so he asked his assistant what had happened.

The assistant explained that the man had come in asking for cough syrup.

But they couldn’t find any in stock at the moment.

So, thinking quickly, the assistant gave him a full box of laxatives instead.

The pharmacist was shocked and said, “You idiot, you can’t treat a cough with laxatives.”

The assistant defended himself and replied, “Of course you can. Look at him—he’s too afraid to cough now.”

The pharmacist was left speechless at the “solution,” realizing how absurd the situation had become.