An old man is hospitalised for a routine check-up. His denturesSON DENTIER FUT RETIRÉ have been removed.
A nurse stops by to check on him and sees a bowl of peanuts on the patient's bedside tableSUR SA TABLE DE CHEVET. He asks the old gentleman if he could have some.
Because he has no teeth, the old man replies with some difficulty: “Go ahead, young man, help yourselfSERVEZ-VOUS.”
So the nurse takes a small handfulUNE POIGNÉE and throws it into his mouth.
The next day, the same nurse asks the old man if he can have some more peanuts. The old man says, “Of course, young man, take as many as you like.”
And the same thing happens for a few more days. On the last day there are only a few peanuts at the bottom of the bowl. The nurse hesitates, but says to the old man, “Do you think I can have the rest of them?”
The old man replies, still with difficulty and without dentures, “Go ahead, take what’s left. Anyway I will be dischargedON ME LAISSERA SORTIR tomorrow.”
The nurse takes the last handful of peanuts and, with his mouth still full, says to the old man, “Those were very good. Thanks very much.”
And the old man answers, “I enjoyed them too, young one, but they are really much better when covered with chocolate.”
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