HEALTH AND DEATH

‘Have you seen Thebus recently,’ he said as we sat in the pub watching football on a big screen.
‘I’m going there after this,’ I said.
‘How is he?’
‘The last few times I’ve been there,’ I said, ‘all the conversations have ended up about health and death.’
‘Does he know about me?’
‘I think that’s part of it,’ I said, ‘that and his blood pressure.’
‘High is it?’
‘Apparently.’

Couple of days later she said she’d seen him.
‘How was he?’ I said.
‘Seemed okay,' she said, 'though he did mention something about his blood pressure.’