Overheard at a Nursing Home

My mother-in-law had a stroke a few years back, forcing her to move to an assisted living situation. It's been sad watching this vibrant woman confined to a wheelchair, but some pretty funny stuff happens there.

This story is courtesy of my lovely sister-in-law....

Two elderly people, a man and a woman, were sitting outside the dining room in their wheelchairs, waiting for the doors to open for dinner. The old woman was entertaining herself by singing show tunes.

"There's NO business like SHOW business like NO business I know."

Well, actually, show tune.

"There's NO business like SHOW business like NO business I know."

More specifically, one line from a show tune.

"There's NO business like SHOW business like NO business I know."

After a few rounds of this, the old guy next to her says, plaintively, "Don't you know anything else?"

"No," says the old lady. "That's the only one I know."

And she sings it again.

"There's NO business like SHOW business like NO business I know."

"Aw, c'mon," says the old guy, "don't you know any Hendrix?"

It occurs to me the future is not that far away.