Three elderly Alzheimer's patients are at the doctor for a memory test. The doctor says to the first man, "What is three times three?" "274," was his reply.

The doctor says to the second man, "It's your turn. What is three times three?" "Tuesday," replies the second man.

The doctor says to the third man, "Okay, your turn. What's three times three?" "Nine," says the third man.

"That's great!" says the doctor. "How did you get that?"

"Simple," says the third man. "I subtracted 274 from Tuesday."

-- diane (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), February 10, 2001

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Wow! I am impressed! That even got a little chuckle from my hubby!!!!!!! HEEHEEHEE! They must have peeked at my kids math papers!!!!

-- Nan (davidl 41@ipa.net), February 10, 2001.

Ciphers:How about this:

An elderly gentleman goes to his doctor for a checkup and the doctor comes back after the tests and tells him, "I'm afraid I have two pieces of very bad news. First of all, you have AIDS." The man says, "That's horrible, what could be worse than that?" The doctor replies, " You also have Alzheimer's!" To which the man replies, "At least I don't have AIDS!"

-- JR (jr3star@earthlink.net), February 10, 2001.