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Too much attention

One evening a family brings their frail, elderly mother toa nursing home and leaves her, hoping she will be well caredfor. The next morning, the nurses bathe her, feed her atasty breakfast, and set her in a chair at a windowoverlooking a lovely flower garden. She seems OK, but aftera while she slowly starts to fall over sideways in her chair.Two attentive nurses immediately rush up to catch her andstraighten her up. Again she seems OK, but after a while shestarts to tilt to the other side. The nurses rush back andonce more bring her back upright. This goes on all morning.Later the family arrives to see how the old woman is adjustingto her new home.“So Ma, how is it here? Are they treating you all right?“ They ask.“It’s pretty nice,“ she replies. „Except they won’t let you fart“

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