Two older gentlemen are chatting after dinner…

Posted by XenephonAI@reddit | Jokes | View on Reddit | 13 comments

Their wives are in the kitchen.

“We had a lovely meal at that new restaurant in town the other night” said one to the other.

“That’s nice” said his friend. “What was the name of the restaurant?”

“Oh, what’s the name of the lovely scented flower that grows on a thorny plant?”

“Rose” replied the friend.

“That’s it.” Then, turning his face toward the kitchen the gentleman called out “Rose, what was the name of the restaurant the other night?”

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Speaking as an older gentleman - when we have brain farts we often search the mental files for associations. In this case, his wife's name could be described. It would be different if her name was Sally.

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Wowza-yowza@reddit

THanks

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SebastainDerring@reddit

I read this joke to my wife and she laughed too. But it is funny-sad because true. It is one thing to have a delay in recalling the word for a thing or place, that's pretty normal when you have a lifetime of information to sort through. But inability to recall the name of someone you see every day is not only embarrassing, but scary because it could indicate onset of dementia.

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XenephonAI@reddit (OP)

I turned 70 recently, so, I felt qualified to post this. Words in my case are always there, some just take a little longer to find these days 🙄

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SebastainDerring@reddit

Yes! My doctor says memories are like the back shelves at an auto parts warehouse. When you're younger the clerk zips to the back (on roller skates), later on they stroll back, and nowadays you've got some guy with bad knees shuffling along. Parts are still on the shelves, just takes longer to find them and get them to the counter.

I really like how this joke illustrates how my wife and I rely on each other as an offboard memory check.

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