A Boomer helps his grandson sync two devices via Bluetooth ᛒ

A middle-age dad approaches his father (who is a boomer 78 years of age).

“Dad,” says the middle-age dad, “do you mind baby sitting Caleb today?  I need some alone time.”

The father is furious.

“ALONE TIME?!” he yells.  “Where’s your wife?!”

“Ellen’s working,” says the middle-age dad.

“Did I have ‘alone time’ when I was raising you?” snapped the father.  “Did your mother have ‘alone time’?”

“I dunno,” says the middle-age dad.  “Did you?”

“The answer is no!” says the father.

Then he relents.  “All right,” he says.  “But let me tell you something: you have it a lot easier than I did when I was taking care of you. There’s no way in hell I could get away with ‘alone time’ back in my day!”

“I really appreciate it, dad”, the middle-age dad says.

About an hour later, the middle-age dad drops Caleb off with his boomer father.

“Hi, grandfather!” says Caleb.

“Come here and give me a hug,” says the boomer grandfather. 

As they hug, Caleb’s grandfather says, “You let your father have some alone time while you and I go fishing.”

“No, thanks”, says Caleb.  “Do you mind hooking up my Nintendo Switch to my headphones?”

“Sure, no problem”, says grandfather.  

He looks around.  “Where’s the cable to connect them?”

“What?” says Caleb.  “No, you connect them through Bluetooth.”

“So where’s the Bluetooth?” says grandfather.

“What?” says Caleb.  “Do you even know what Bluetooth is?”

“Yes,” mutters grandfather.  “Of course I do.  It’s something…or other that…connects one thing to another.”

Grandfather then spends several hours Googling for instructions, and another several hours finagling with the devices.

Yet the two devices fail to sync.

Caleb is crying the whole time.  Something about missing friends on Fortnite.

Grandfather is at his wits end.  He collects the devices, drags Caleb by the arm to his car and drives him back home.

Upon arriving, they catch the middle-age dad in bed with a naked clown.

The grandfather yells at the naked clown.  “How in the world do you get the Bluetooths to connect?!”

This was Grandfather’s first sign of Alzheimer's.