While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds.
She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs.
One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass.
As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, ‘The tooth fairy will never believe this!’
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A telegram delivery man rings the bell to deliver his next telegram. An old woman answers and says “Oh goody! A singing telegram. I’ve always wanted to get one of these.”
The delivery man replies, “I’m sorry ma’am but this isn’t a singing telegram, it’s just a regular telegram.”
The woman, obviously disappointed, sighs and says, “Couldn’t you sing it to me anyway? I’m 91 years old and this may be my last chance to get a singing telegram?”
The delivery man says, “No ma’am, it’s not the kind of telegram you sing, and I don’t sing very well anyway.”
The woman pleads and pleads with him, “Please, please sing me telegram…”
The man finally gives in and starts-up, “Da-da-de-dum-dum-dum… Your sister Rose is dead…”