The Bathtub Test

[froggy]

During a visit to the 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?"

 

[crazybuoy]

Getting old when

You know you're getting older when...

Everything that works hurts, and what doesn't hurt doesn't work.

You feel like the morning after, and you haven't been anywhere.

Your little black book only contains names ending in M.D.

Your children are beginning to look middle-aged.

Your mind makes contracts your body can't keep.

You look forward to a dull evening.

Your knees buckle and your belt won't.

Your back goes out more than you do.

You sink your teeth into a steak, and they stay there.

You know all the answers, but nobody asks the questions.