|
Looking
old ?
I have been guilty of looking at others my own age and thinking...surely
I cannot look that old.........I'm sure you've done the same......You
may enjoy this short story....
While
waiting for my first appointment in the reception room of a new dentist,
I noticed his certificate, which bore his full name. Suddenly, I
remembered that a tall, handsome boy with the same name had been in my
high school class some 33 years ago.
Upon
seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding,
gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was too old to have been my
classmate.
After
he had examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended the local
grammar school. "Yes," he replied. "When did you graduate?"
I asked. He answered, "In 1970." "You were in my
class!" I exclaimed.
He
looked at me closely and then asked, "What did you teach ?"
|
|
Not
connected with nostalgia, but strikes a chord !
Margret flooded the
kitchen last week. Turned the taps on, put the plug in the sink, and
utterly forgot about it (because she'd come upstairs and we'd got
involved in an unrelated argument). She goes back downstairs, opens the
door and - whoosh - it's Sea World. The interesting thing about this is,
if I'd flooded the kitchen, it would have been a bellowing, 'You've
flooded the kitchen, you idiot!' and then she'd have done that
thing where I curl up in a ball, trying to protect my head, and she
kicks me repeatedly in the kidneys. As it was, however, there's a shout,
I run downstairs and stand for a beat in the doorway - taking in the
scene, waves lapping gently at my ankles - and she turns round and roars,
'Well, help me then - can't you see I've flooded the kitchen, you
idiot?'
More
similar observations at : http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mil.millington/things.html
|
