OLD PEOPLE ARE CUTE WHEN THEY THINK THEY HAVE WISDOM

One morning I was waiting at the bus stop for my regular bus I take to the office,but that day it was unusually late so I had nothing else to do but to sit there all jittery cos I was getting late for a meeting.Just then an wrinkly old man,old enough to not have any peer pressure,dressed in white came and sat next to me.And then he turned to me and he said"I am going to ask you something and please tell the truth".I was thinking to myself,holy shit!! his lower jaw teeth are missing,but nevertheless I said "Yes,what do you want to ask? Then he said "Are you an angry person?".Hmm,may be he read my blog,but just for the heck of it I said yes and hung my head."But how are you able to deduce that"."Well it's all written on your face,I can read faces". Little did he know that my grumpy face was cos the bus was late and so was I for the meeting.But I allowed him to continue cos I was getting free counseling at a bus stop and also cos it was a lil funny to hear air whiz out through his teeth.So he continued,whenever you get angry have a glass of water and take the God's name.I gave him the standard "the boss is always right" kinda nod of approval which takes a little bit of acting and hell lot of indifference.Then he asked"Do you touch your parent's feet as the first thing you do after you get up?"
What am I some kind of superson ,also I didn't want to tell him that the first thing I do after I get up is scratch myself at strategic places like a normal person(jus kiddin,they aren't strategic).So I said no.

Then he asked me my name and then swiftly deduced my astrological sign. Unfortunately he got it wrong, but I didn't have the heart to tell him that.So he looks up and makes an imaginary horoscope with his eyes and then asks me "Are you married?".I thought he was deducing this from my grumpy face.But as much as I wanted to say yes to pass some time I had to say no cos then what if he asked my wife's name,I suck at making up fake names.Then he asked"Are you a working professional?"
I said yes(with a sense of self importance).He took this as a cue to impart his knowledge of life cos by this time I think I had him convinced that I needed it badly.But sadly for him the bus which I thought was late had arrived just in time creating an exit for me.I stood up,shook the man's hand and boarded the bus.

I think old people generally forget how it is to be young and somehow feel that they should be more full of wisdom when their age is nearing a three digit number.Ya,but what else can they do to pass time besides reading the obituaries to see who all they beat.People have to understand that they don't need to be full of wisdom just to justify their age,it doesn't work that way.I couldn't help but remember the saying-The old love to give advice cos they can no longer set bad examples.I waved him good bye from the window seat and thanked god that I had only one wrinkle and I was sitting on it.

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