– Sometimes I can’t stand what I’m seeing.
– Are those your new glasses?
– Yes, And they’ve made everything worse. Sometimes it’s scarcely possible to believe it.
– That’s the way of things.
– And then there’s what there is to hear which is also dreadful.
– That’ll be the new hearing aid.
– It’s enough to make me want to pluck the hair from my head and beard.
– You might also want to consider renting thy garments and also thy mantle.
– I’m tempted, I really am.
– I recommend it. It always does the trick for me. That, and a double Scotch.
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Martin Stannard
Picture thanks to Rupert Loydell
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