Smart Man

I once knew an old man who knew how to tell how old you were, just by hitting you in the chin. He would just walk up to you and sock you. And then he'd say, "36" if you happened to be 36. Or he'd say, "27" if that was your age. Also, if you were 72, he'd knock you one and then say, "72". He had a few explanations for this extra-ordinary talent. He told me that it was all in how the person reacted to the fact that someone was smacking them on their chin. The older people tended to react slower. For example, if you hit someone of the age of say, 16, they would probably not hesitate to come back and pop you a good one. Whereas (simply for the satisfaction of using the word 'whereas') an elderly gent would have to stand there and think for a while before it registers in his noggin that someone has just knocked him around a bit. This man also said, "I can tell how long you have been alive by the rate of decay of your bones between the time I connect with your chin to the time my fist leaves your face." I prefer the second theory.
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