As retold by Bruce Lowitt

Morty, a new member of the retirement community, is seated by the pool.

Bertha sidles up sand says, "Do you mind?"

"Not at all."

Bertha sits down. "So, nu? You're new here?"

"Yes."

"And you are from where?"

"New York."

"New York? Say, maybe you know Yetta Goldfarb, from Queens?"

"Who?"

"Never mind. So nu, how old are you?"

"I'll be 70 in October." Morty replies.

"Aha. And what did you do in New York?"

"I was in prison."

"Oy, prison? For what?"

"For 15 years my wife kept noodging me with stupid questions. Finally I couldn't take it and I chopped her into little pieces and fed her to the super's rotweiler. For that I spent half my life in Sing Sing."

"Aha," Bertha says, "So you're single?"