The Doctor in the 'Theatre'!

FH

A GlaxoIndian Medical Representative (MR) and his Area Sales Executive (ASE) went calling on a doctor in a village near a coastal town in AP. The doctor's attendant asked them to wait as the doctor 'was in the theatre'. They waited for a while and wanted to know whether the doctor would be long. The following conversation ensued:

MR:           "Will the doctor be long in coming?"

Attendant: "No Sir; just a few minutes."

MR:           "Has the doctor been in the 'theatre' for long?"

Attendant: "No Sir."

MR:           "So, it is a minor surgery, then?"

Attendant: "No Sir."

MR:           "But you said the doctor wouldn't be long?" 

Attendant: "Yes Sir."

The MR and the ASE were both perplexed by now.

MR:           "Oh, what kind of operation has he been conducting?"

Attendant: "He is fixing a tube-light Sir."