Memory Lapse

AN ELDERLY COUPLE recently had dinner at another couple’s house. After eating, the women went into the kitchen and the men visited in the living room. One man started telling the other about a great restaurant he and his wife had just been to.

“What was the name of that restaurant?” asked Joe.

Tom thought for a while and said, “You know those flowers you give to someone you love…the one that’s red with the thorns?”

“A rose,” replied Joe.

“Yes, that’s it,” said Tom as he turned toward the kitchen. “Rose, what was the name of that restaurant we went to?"