Shigure's geriatric joke
"Hatori"
"Yes, Torhu"
"What's Parkinsons?"
Hatori looked up from his work to look at the young, innocent teenager.
"It's a disorder of the nervous system."
Torhu stared vacantly at him.
"It's an illness that effects the movement of the body"
"Oh"
"Why do you ask?"
"Because Shigure told this joke to Ayame and me, and when he said Parkinson's at the end of it Ayame started laughing. I asked him what it was, but he told me to ask you."
"Parkinson's is no laughing matter. It is a very serious condition."
"I don't think they were making fun of it"
"Would you care telling me this joke then, Torhu"
"Well, uh" Torhu stammered while a pink tint formed on her cheeks. She looked down and started shuffling her feet.
"I gather it wasn't one of Shigure's more tasteful jokes"
Torhu looked up at Hatori .
"Would you prefer it if I got Shigure to tell me this joke"
Torhu nodded shyly.
LATER THAT DAY.
"Hey Hatori, I don't believe I've told you my latest joke"
"The one you told Ayume and Torhu, earlier?"
"Yeah. Want to hear it?"
"Go, on I was meaning to ask you about it anyway"
"Really? Well, there is this old man in a residential home, called Howard. Now Howard, for an old guy is gets around quite a bit. If you know what I mean" Shigure winked.
"Just get to the point Shigure"
"Well anyway, Howard likes to sit in his room and think about his life and everything he's accomplished so far. One day, he meets a meets a very mature, but sexy woman called, Mavis. Now, Howard and Mavis, hit it off straight away…"
Hatori gave a groan.
"Oh not in a sexual way, my boy. Well not at first anyway. Getting back to the story, Mavis and Howard discover that they have many things in common. For instance, they live in the same city, have the same number of children and grandchildren, been married for the same number of years and they both used to have a dog named Rex; but most of all they both haven't had sex for the same number of years. So Mavis and Howard make an arrangement. Since Howard can't manage to keep his little wipper, or not so little wipper as the case maybe, up long enough to engage in sexual activity, Mavis would hold it up for him."
"And what has this got to do with Parkinsons?"
"Geesh someone's impatient. Wait will you, I'll get to that part if you let me finish. Anyway, everything is going well, until one day, Mavis struggles to find Howard so she asks one of the care workers if they have seen him. She tells Mavis that she has seen Howard go into the garden. So Mavis heads into the garden to look, and by the hedges she hears an assortment of noises. She goes to look round the other side of the hedge, and who was she to find there? Our Howard with his not so little wipper in the hands of another, mature, but just as sexy woman! Well you can imagine the scene. Mavis understandably was furious and demands to know what this other woman has got, that she hasn't. And do you know what he says?"
It then suddenly clicked in Hatori's mind. Parkinsons.
A/N This is my first fanfic in over a year, so I might be a little rusty at this, so I'd appreciate it if you are going to criticise, please don't be too harsh. Thank you. :)
