As various people in our families lose their hearing, I'm noticing that there are two kinds of hard-of-hearing old folks. The first kind say, "Excuse me?" or "Say what?" or whatever, but the second kind mis-hear you in the most ridiculous (and often lewd) way imaginable, and sometimes get kind of aggressive with you about the awful thing they're quite sure they just heard you say: "She wasn't wearing any WHAT?!" "Um, Dad, I said she wasn't there."
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As various people in our families lose their hearing, I'm noticing that there are two kinds of hard-of-hearing old folks. The first kind say, "Excuse me?" or "Say what?" or whatever, but the second kind mis-hear you in the most ridiculous (and often lewd) way imaginable, and sometimes get kind of aggressive with you about the awful thing they're quite sure they just heard you say: "She wasn't wearing any WHAT?!" "Um, Dad, I said she wasn't there."