a tale about the ancient baroness in the House of Lords who was recently heard to say in the tea room, “The trouble with reaching my age is that all the men you slept with are dead”—only to be interrupted by a quavering voice from the other end of the table: “I’m not.”
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Apparently, the baroness continued, “Oh, I thought you were.”