Sometimes It’s Hard to Know When to Stop

An old man went to the doctor and began to pour
out his problems. As the doctor asked more
about what was the matter with him, the old
man said, “Well Doc, after I get to the first,
I’m very, very tired. After the second, I feel
all in. After the third, my heart begins to
pound. After the fourth, I break out in a cold
sweat. And after the fifth, I’m so exhausted,
I feel like I’m going to die, right then
and there!”
“That’s incredible,” said the doctor,
“but how old are you?”
“Eighty-five,” the patient said. And the
doctor said, “Well, at 85, why don’t you
stop at the first?” The man said, “I can’t
stop: I live on the fifth floor!”