Old fellow goes to Dr for a check up. Later in the week the Dr sees him with a beauty on his arm, and says, 'You are doing really well!' The man replies, 'Just doing what you told me Doc, get a hot momma and be cheerful'. Dr says, 'Actually I said you've got a heart murmur, be careful....'
Sometimes it's better not to be corrected! It is a good mantra for AF clubbers (refuse to say sufferers, any other printable suggestions?) 'It is no good being alive if you are not living' π
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I'm a bit deaf and regularly have problems with misinterpreting what I've heard. A recent one was when, while she was telling me about our grandson's decision over which university he was opting for, I thought my wife said they have pubs in the university library he was particularly interested in. She was actually referring to hubs (study hubs apparently). She realised I'd misheard (and couldn't stop laughing) after I commented to the effect that we didn't have pubs in the library back in the day.
We went on an organised car tour to Italy a few years back. At the first evening meal, I sat next to a chap who I thought introduced himself as Geoff. When my wife and two friends joined us, I introduced him to them as Geoff. No, he said, I'm deaf! Apparently, so am I! The poor bloke was Geoff to us for the rest of the trip, I never could remember his proper name!
When working in a chemist shop as a shy teebager a very elderly man came in for earex but I thought he asked for Durex. I still feel embarrassed 45 years later for asking him which type he needed.
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