August 7, 2020

said the doctor to the pater:

mr heng, you don’t look anything like 69 years old
i don’t think anyone would guess you were even more than 60
but [shaking his head at the x-rays]
your bones are like that of an 80 year old!

me, soothingly: well, if your insides are 80 and your outsides are 60, i suppose you average out nicely to be the correct age after all.

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