Sunday, August 26, 2007

Identity Theft

Mulla Nasrudin rushed into a store. “Have you ever seen me before?”, he asked breathlessly.


“No.”, came the reply.


“Then how do you know it’s me?”


Like all such stories, there is a layer of humour, and a much deeper layer to ponder, about who we are, and life.


I visited a nursing home for the elderly today. One of the residents said to me, “Young man, do you know who I am?”


“No I don’t”, I responded.


A nurse said to her, “You’re in a nursing home.”


The lady replied, “I know where I am; I just don’t know who I am.”


Like all such incidents, there is layer of humour, but a much deeper layer to ponder, about who we are, and Alzheimer's.


 


 

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