Overheard in the Hospital

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Conversations in a Hospital Waiting Room
When do we get old ?
Random Joke of the Day
That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Finish with a Song

Conversations in a Hospital Waiting Room


Today I spent some time hanging about a hospital waiting area. As writers do, I spent most of the time evesdropping on peoples conversations.

Here's snippits of what I heard.

Man walks into area, 66ish, grey well dressed, see's someone he knows.

"Ey up John, you all right?"
John.
"No"

Two women sat side by side visions in twin sets and pearls.

Lady number one,
"He's got a really good job, briefcase and everything"
Lady number two,
"Mmmm, shame he's useless"

Elderly couple, man in a suit and tie but scruffy shoes. woman sleeveless top, nice arms but the rest needs an iron.

Man stares at a large dark patch on the floor.
Woman nudges him, then starts to stare too.
Man,
"Wonder what caused that stain?"

Two men, One 70ish, bald with a hearing aid. Second man early 50's also bald, the resemblance to the older is uncanny, either father and son, or clones.

Father,
"So he wired up the cooker to the plug"
Son,
"Plug?"
Father,
"Yes they can only have two rings on at a time, if they put on the oven they fuse the whole street"

Father and Son...continued,

Dad
"Yes I know I'm diabetic, but I don't eat pork pies very night, I've got a cucumber in the fridge"

When do we get old?

Old people in waiting rooms.
Invisible people
They seem to lose definition
Greying out to almost translucency
Do they lose their colour
Or do we stop seeing them

When do we get old?
When do we start to disappear?
Where does all that experience go?

Waiting rooms, wasting time, it all becomes finite. We should live on.

Random Joke of the Day

I swallowed some scrabble letters by accident. My next poo could spell trouble.

The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.


Finish with a Song

Given the theme, this is Elvis Costello with Veronica released in 1989, listen to the lyrics.