Keep Plugging Away

An 80-year-old man who had outlived two wives visited his cardiologist to seek his advice. Seems he was engaged to marry a 20-year-old woman.

The cardiologist thought for a while as to how to express his concerns, then said, "You should be aware that something fatal could happen."

The man swept away this concern. "Well, I'm pretty fatalistic. If she dies, she dies."

The cardiologist felt that he should say something else. "You know that with such an age difference, you probably should get a young companion -- someone nearer her age -- to come and live with the two of you. Someone to keep your wife happy."

The 80-year-old agreed that this might be a good idea.

A year later, the man visited his cardiologist again. "How's your wife?" the cardiologist asked.

"We're going to have a baby," the man responded.

"That's wonderful! And how is the companion doing?" the doctor inquired.

"Oh, she's pregnant too."