In Europe, it is normal to go to a Notary to sort out ownership deeds and matters of marriage certificates and so on. Sitting in line, observing the bedlam that is a notary office in provincial Spain, the following conversation was overheard.

85 year-old deaf woman Pepe, how is your grandmother?

Pepe, aged 60 Which one?

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