People Forget When They Get Old

There was an old couple.

… they noticed that they were getting more and more forgetful and decided to go to the doctor.

The doctor told them to start writing things down so they wouldn’t forget.

They went home and the old woman told her husband to bring her a bowl of ice cream. “She said, “You might want to write this down.

He said, “No, I remember that you wanted a bowl of ice cream.

So the wife told her husband that she wanted a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream. “Write that down,” she said to him.

“No, no, I remember: you want a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream,” he said again.

Then the old woman said she wanted a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream and a cherry on top. She said to her husband, “Write that down.

Again he said, “No, I understand. You want a bowl of ice cream with whipped cream and a cherry on top.”

He went to get the ice cream and spent an unusually long time in the kitchen, over 30 minutes. He comes to his wife and hands her a plate of bacon and eggs.

The old woman looks at the plate for a while, then looks at her husband and asks,

“Where’s the toast?”

Old Woman’s Words

A highway patrol officer stopped an elderly woman for driving 10 mph on the highway.

As he walked up to the old woman’s car, he noticed that there were 3 other old people who looked very frightened and stiff.

He leaned over to the old woman’s window and noticed that she was as calm as could be.

“Do you know why I stopped you, ma’am?”

“No, I don’t,” she replied sweetly.

“You were driving ten miles an hour on the highway. That is a serious hazard to other drivers.”

The policeman could not stop looking at the three frightened passengers.

The little old lady pointed to a nearby sign. “Isn’t the speed limit 10?”

The policeman looked at the sign and laughed. “Ma’am, that sign tells you what highway you are on. Interstate 10.”

The little old lady burst out laughing. “Oh, I’m sorry!”

The officer decided it was an honest mistake and wanted to let her go. But his curiosity got the better of him. “May I ask why your passengers are so frightened?”

The little old lady laughed again. “Probably because I just got off Interstate 175.”