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Roberto T. Cast
05-22-03, 08:19 PM
Sometimes we have been guilty of looking at others my own age and thinking surely I cannot look that old. I'm sure you've done the same. You may enjoy this short story....

While waiting for my first appointment in the reception room of a new dentist, I noticed his certificate, which bore his full name.
Suddenly, I remembered that a tall, handsome boy with the same name had been in my high school class some 40 years ago. Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was too old to have been my classmate. After he had examined my teeth,

After he had examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended the local high school.

"Yes," he replied.

"When did you graduate?" I asked.

He answered, "In 1957.

"Why, you were in my class!" I exclaimed.

He looked at me closely and then asked, "What did you teach?"
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Has this happen to any of you?


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