ad is a dimwit who thinks nothing is funny unless it's mean。
Something Brad said the other day struck me as actually smart； but I don't give him a lot of credit for it； even a stopped clock is right twice a day； the proverb has it。 〃You're just lucky you don't have that Alzheimer's disease； Paulie；〃 was what he said。 I hate him calling me that； Paulie； but he goes on doing it； anyway； I've given up asking him to quit。 There are other sayings … not quite proverbs … that apply to Brad Dolan： 〃You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink〃 is one； 〃You can dress him up but you can't take him out〃 is another。 In his thickheadedness he is also like Percy。
When he made his ment about Alzheimer's； he was mopping the floor of the solarium； where I had been going over the pages I have already written。 There's a great lot of them； and I think there's apt to be a great lot more before I am through。 〃That Alzheimer's； do you know what it really is？〃
〃No；〃 I said； … but I'm sure you'll tell me； Brad。〃
〃It's AIDS for old people；〃 he said； and then burst out laughing； hucka…hucka…hucka…huck！； just like he does over those idiotic jokes of his。
I didn't laugh； though； because what he said struck a nerve somewhere。 Not that I have Alzheimer's； although there's plenty of it on view here at beautiful Georgia Pines； I myself just suffer the standard oldguy memory problems。 Those problems seem to have more to do with when than what。 Looking over what I have written so far； it occurs to me that I remember everything that happened back in '32； it's the order of events that sometimes gets confused in my head。 Yet； if I'm careful； I think I can keep even that sorted out。 More or less。
John Coffey came to E Block and the Green Mile in October