Vegetative Status

Sometimes reflection is accompanied by humour, although many experience heartache. It all depends on how you look at the situation.

Last night, my wife and I were watching a drama film, one of those weepy ones “that she likes”. What was being told in the film, “things of life and death”, led me to say to my wife:

— Love, never let me live in a state of vegetation. Depending on machines and liquids in a bottle. If you see me in that state, unplug all the devices that keep me alive, and throw away all the liquids I depend on… I'd rather die.

Then my wife stood up and looked at me with a look of admiration I had never seen on her before. She ran and disconnected my mobile phone, the Internet, the PlayStation cables, DVD, computer, laptop, smartphone... She threw away my Whisky, Vodka, Tequila, Rum, Wine, Sangria and all the Beer. I ALMOST DIED…