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The Bathtub Test
During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, "How do you determine whether or not an older person should be put in an old age home?"
"Well," he said, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the person to empty the bathtub
"Oh, I understand," I said. "A normal person would use the bucket because it is bigger than the spoon or the teacup."
"No" he said. "A normal person would pull the plug.
Do you want a bed near the window?"
ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THIS ON?
OR
DO YOU WANT THE BED NEXT TO MINE?
During a visit to my doctor, I asked him, "How do you determine whether or not an older person should be put in an old age home?"
"Well," he said, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the person to empty the bathtub
"Oh, I understand," I said. "A normal person would use the bucket because it is bigger than the spoon or the teacup."
"No" he said. "A normal person would pull the plug.
Do you want a bed near the window?"
ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THIS ON?
OR
DO YOU WANT THE BED NEXT TO MINE?
One question though...do they lock the door behind us?
Cherry will need to have a bed in the middle of the room so we can ALL hear the jokes!
I might have to fight off those of you thinking you get pride of place next to our resident comedian
The older I get, the less clearly my eyes seem to see. My tongue gets wrapped around my eye teeth and I can't see to talk...
You know you're getting old when you can't remember how old you are.
Am I rambling again?
Add my name to that list!
Who is going to water the plants?