While visiting his niece, an elderly man had a heart attack. The woman drove wildly to get him to the emergency room.

After what seemed like a very long wait, the E.R. doctor appeared, wearing his scrubs and a long face.

Sadly, he said, "I'm afraid that your uncle is brain-dead, but his heart is still beating.

"Oh, dear," cried the woman, her hands clasped against her cheeks with shock, "We've never had a Democrat in the family before."

Good one

Mr. Zappa was, indeed, way ahead of his time.