For a decade, Sister has been laughing about Wild Woman's aphasia, not being able to access a particular word, or remember the name of a just-watched movie, the plot or who was in it. But as Sister approaches a Certain Age, to her chagrin, she begins experiencing the same difficulty.
Sister: "I tried to watch a movie last night. it was really good, it was....ummmm........ummmmm.........you know that one with........
what's his name?............."
Laughter, rueful shaking of heads.
Then:
Sister: "So and so's got to have an operation on his..........ummmm, what's it called? one of those........things????"
Wild Woman, helpfully: "Testicles?"
Sister: "No! it's a......(pointing higher up)"
Wild Woman: "Oh! Starts with an H, am thinking........ hemhorroids? No, wrong spot."
Sister: "No....ummm.......hernia!"
Wild Woman: "Hernia, that's it! I knew it started with an H."
Cackles.
Wild Woman: "The Bank Manager and the Poet Have Coffee! Well, at least I'm not the only one any more!"
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