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SandWitch · 26-30, F
I remember my grandfather telling us a story whenever he'd come over to our place, where he'd start out by saying he had a run-in with "some old bugger about 60..."
Then time would pass and when he'd tell us of another run-in he'd had, the other person was always "some old bugger about 65..."
As time marched on, the astute side of my brilliant mind suddenly made me aware that the older my grandfather got, the older the "old bugger about 70.." also got who he'd be talking about each time he told a story!
After many years of this, my father eventually told me that my grandfather was always talking about the same "old bugger" each time, who happened to be a life-long friend of my grandfather's who was only 2 years older than he was!
Then time would pass and when he'd tell us of another run-in he'd had, the other person was always "some old bugger about 65..."
As time marched on, the astute side of my brilliant mind suddenly made me aware that the older my grandfather got, the older the "old bugger about 70.." also got who he'd be talking about each time he told a story!
After many years of this, my father eventually told me that my grandfather was always talking about the same "old bugger" each time, who happened to be a life-long friend of my grandfather's who was only 2 years older than he was!