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Vital Signs
She’s only in her 50s, but my friend
Mary has bounced back from
cancer, heart problems, even a
stroke. Through it all, she
and her husband, Mark,
have kept their sense of
humor. One day she said,
“You know what kills me
… ?”
Smiling, Mark teased,
“Apparently nothing.”
Time Issue
My grandfather was
sipping a beer when he
confessed to me he’d
drunk more than usual the
day before. “What’s more
than usual?” I asked.
“A case.”
“You can drink a case in a
day?!”
“Well,” he grumbled
defensively, “it doesn’t
take all day.”
Blind Date
“How was your blind
date?”
“Terrible! He showed up
in a 1932 Rolls-Royce.”
“Wow… so what’s so
terrible about that?”
“He was the original
owner.”
RETIREMENT LAUGHS
Driving Drought
Once, when applying for auto insurance for a retired client, I asked him
how many miles he drives in a year. He said he didn’t know.
“Well, do you drive 10,000 miles a year?” I asked, “or 5,000?”
He said the numbers sounded high. “What month is this?” he asked. I told
him it was July.
“Maybe this will help,” he said. “I filled the car with gas in February.”
