Eating Peanuts
There was an old man whose family could no longer afford to take care
of him. So the family decided that a nursing for the aged would be
appropriate.
Of course the old man rejected the idea, but no sooner he was
convinced that it was the right thing to do. On his first day at the
home, he spent most of his time laying in bed reflecting on life,
feeling lonely.
A while later, an orderly stopped by to see how the old man's first
day was going.
"How you doing today?", she said to the old man, "First day I see".
The Old man replied with a nod.
In no time the two began talking up a storm. As the conversation began
to drag on, the orderly was eyeing the room filled with fresh flowers,
cards and balloons from friends and relatives. She noticed a bowl full
of peanuts sitting on top of the table next to the bed, and help
herself to a handful.
As the two continued to converse with each other, the orderly kept
eating more helpings of the peanuts. She look at her watch and noticed
that nearly 2 hours had passed and said, "My goodness, the time has
gone by quickly. I have to tend to other people here too." "That's
okay.", said the old man, "I feel so much better being able to talk to
someone."
Looking into the bowl the orderly said, "I feel awful! I ate almost
all of your peanuts!" The old man responded, "That's okay. Ever since
I got these false teeth, all I could do was suck the chocolate off of
them anyhow."
