[Rhodes22-list] not sure if it's a joke, but I'm not the author.

[Alex Bell]

I 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, 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?"