Hard of Hearing?

First there was the bald spot.
Then, the reading glasses.
Now, I can't hear right???

Today, at the end of a long meeting, the teacher on my left leaned forward and asked me, "Hey Ken - do you have any recommendations for a good Scootch Band?"

Now, I'm not usually so proud but for some reason I was really embarrassed that I have no idea what a Scootch Band is so I kind of hemmed and hawed, but eventually just admitted, "Sorry  - I'm just so not with it, I have no idea what a Scootch Band is  - I don't even know what the "Scootch" sound is..." (I was thinking some kind of reggae meets bluegrass kind of thing??)

As I turn my head in shame, she laughs and says, somewhat incredulously, "I asked if you have any favorite brands of Scotch.  You know Scotch Whiskey? I need to buy someone a gift."

Oh boy... now it all made sense... a music teacher wouldn't normally ask me for a band recommendation, would they?

The fact that my fellow faculty members would ask me a whiskey recommendation is probably worthy of a whole blog post on its own...