July 29, 2003

Aging Gracefully

Nursing home day. I relate the following interesting conversation:

In the Alzheimer's unit, five ladies were sitting around a table, and I joined them. We started talking about the upcoming Cokato Corn Carnival, and the parade which starts the event each year. We were discussing the best way to shove little kids out of the way to get the candy. Then I asked them, "If the city had an adult parade...what kind of things should the Dairy Princess toss from her float?" Without a moment of hesitation, the gals started firing off the following answers:

whiskey
cigarettes
chocolates
scotch
money
I almost shoved them all in my car and drove to the local VFW for pull-tabs and beers.

And next week, we're going to have the same conversation, and it will be twice as funny.

Posted by Cathy at July 29, 2003 02:43 PM
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