Puns survive Alzheimer's

... so it looks like I'll be blogging a lot longer than I had expected.

An 81 year old woman with severe Alzheimer's apparently can still make some wicked puns.

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My puns are usually cited as evidence of dementia. Maybe thats just me.

By Ned Zacharias (not verified) on 26 May 2007 #permalink