This was written by Roy in January...I just found it on the desktop and thought I'd share it with you all as it again cracked us up. Believe me, we laugh a lot in this household, and it's a good thing with the inherent hearing problems of old age, and the many things that transpire on a daily basis, laughter is the only way you can keep your head above water. A sense of humor is a must for growing old, gracefully or not!!!
My wife wandered out of the bedroom early one morning, still sleepy eyed and not quite in the world. I was up reading a Detective Wallander novel, and she inquired if all was okay with me, probably because I was out of bed at a rather early hour, being that I’m a retired duffer who usually sleeps in late.
Upon assuring her all was well, I used a phrase that I had just read in the book, “I’m okay, I’m compos mentis”. She cocked her head and looked at me with a rather puzzled demeanor, and said “Compost mentis?? Is that Latin for ‘shit for brains’? As in mind compost????
I roared. I can’t believe her sleep-fogged mind was able to come up with anything so out there and whacky funny so early in the morning. But that’s my wife.
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