mistaken identity ( Archived) (4)

after retirement, the grumpy hypocondriac,moved to a nice community,that had a reputation for excellent senior care.however always looking for something wrong with himself,was in the doctors office, at least once a week.constantly grumbling,complaining,critisizing,and just generally making a nuisance of himself. after one particularly harrowing session with the nurse trying to take his vitals,exasperated,she said mr jones,i'm going to have to take your temperature anally. oh my, did he ever throw a fit over that, but after much encouragement the nurse finally convinced mr jones to lie down and get his temperature taken. well she inserted the instrument,quite professionally,and told him she would be back in a few minutes. to lay still ,and don't move that this was a very important reading. so as she was leaving,she left the door open. much to mr jones chagrine. he was noticing, that people were walking by and pointing and laughing at him. ill tempered anyway,he hollered out, what's wrong with you people? haven't you seen anyone have their temperature taken before? one of the orderlies yelled back between chuckles, yes but never with a orchid.