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Since I am into jokes that carry messages, let me tell you
another one, which is not really a joke but a true story.
A friend lived in the same apartment house with an aunt of hers on a different
floor. Unfortunately the aunt developed Alzheimers. Her husband took good care
of her, until her symptoms became severe: she started accusing her husband of
bringing women into the house, and started beating him up with great scenes!
The family realized that she saw herself in the mirror and thought it was
another woman, so they covered all the mirrors in the apartment, and peace
returned. She was very pliable and almost rational otherwise. New Year's eve is
still an occasion for family to get together in Greece, and my friend invited
her family, including of course the aunt and uncle. The aunt started advising
my friend on the behavior of men, that she should be carefull of her husband:
men are terrible; they bring their mistresses in the house. At some point she
asked to go to the bathroom and my friend accompanied her " see what I
told you? your husband has a mistress. So thats where you have been hiding,
eh?" she told her image in the mirror.
Whenever I find something I have misplaced in the house, the phrase comes to me
" thats where you have been hiding, eh?"