I See Starving People

At the age of near-ninety, my grandfather is almost blind and has a poor sense of taste, but he apparently has a fourth sense about body fat.  When I went to say hi to him this morning, he commented that I had lost weight.  Everyone else around told him that that was not true.  To which he replied that it was probably because he hadn't seen me in about ten years.  Then everyone pointed out it was actually one, as I was just here last summer.  He also said that I should not diet.  When people repeatedly tried to tell him that I had not lost weight (and some commented that I had actually gained a few pounds), he very diplomatically said that I was the ideal weight.  Maybe he divined all this from our handshake.  I don't know, but I'm a believer in grandpa.  I'm also inclined to believe my grandmother's nursing aide, who said that I had not only lost weight but have also grown taller.  Since last summer.  There are some lies that are just so outrageous that they have to be true.