3 Mulligans

My grandfather and I were in the living room of his house, comparing hearing aids.  I took mine out to show him the dual microphones on each one.  They represented the latest in digital technology and were quite small, my particular model included a watch controller.  It allowed me to shift through various programs and adjust volume levels right from the watch.   A real ‘James Bond’ thing to have.

Then he took out one of his hearing aids.  It was the size of a small stapler and so heavy that it stretched his ear out to 8″ long.  As he showed me his hearing aid I couldn’t stop looking at his ear.  It was huge and floppy.  I felt sorry for him but he seemed okay with it and continued showing me the features of his old bulky analog unit.  But when I looked at his other ear I could see that this hearing aid actually was a stapler – well over 12” long – with a tiny microphone attached.  Still, his ear stretched into an enormous mess of skin to accommodate its larger size.