Several days later, the old man got up to go to the kitchen. His wife said, "Dear, get me a bowl of ice cream while you're up." "Okay," he said.
"...and add some chocolate syrup and a few cherries too," she added. "You'd better write all of this down."
"I won't forget!" he said.
Twenty minutes later he came back into the room and handed his wife a plate of scrambled eggs and bacon. She glared at him. "Now, I told you to write it down! I knew you'd forget!."
"What did I forget?" he asked. She replied, "My toast!"