"The Proposal"

Jimmie, an 80-year-old gentleman, retired to Florida
after his wife of 58 years had passed away. He was
quite alone in the world and longed for companionship.
One day, as he was walking through a public park, he
spied what he considered to be a very pretty silver-
haired lady sitting alone on a park bench. Getting his
nerve up, he approached the lady and asked
graciously, "Pardon me, ma'am, but may I sit here
with you."

The silver-haired Marcia looked up to see a
distinguished looking white-haired gentleman and
replied, "Why certainly," and scooted over gently to
give him room to sit down.

For the next two hours the two sat and talked about
everything. They discovered that they came from the
same part of the country, liked the same big band
music, voted for the same presidential candidates,
had had long happy marriages and lost their spouses
in the last year, and in general agreed about almost
everything.

Finally, the old gentleman cleared his throat and asked
sheepishly, "Ma'am, may I ask you two questions?"

With great anticipation Marcia replied, "Why certainly!"

The old gentleman removed a handkerchief from his
coat pocket and spread it out on the ground before
her. He very gingerly got down on one knee and
looked her softly in the eyes. "Marcia, I know we've
only known each other for a couple of hours, but we
have so much in common. I feel I have known you all
my life. Will you marry me and be my wife?"

Marcia grabbed at Jimmie's hands and said, "Why, yes,
I will marry you! You have made me so very happy!" She
reached over and kissed him gently on the cheek. Then
Marcia said, "You said you had two questions to ask me.
What is the second question?"

Jimmie scratched his neck and said, "Will you help me
get up?"