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All traveling seniors have had the experience. We see an enticing ad for a beautiful hotel, accompanied by colorful photos of its upscale facilities. We book it and when we arrive at our luxury suite, we find:

Abandoned outhouse
1. The bathroom paper is a Sears Roebuck catalog.
2. The TV set shows only reruns of Herbert Hoover’s inauguration.
3. The bathroom door is coin operated.
4. The closet is a nail on the wall.
5. The bathroom sink is a bucket.
6. The bathroom toilet is a bucket.
7. The bathtub is the same bucket.
8. Printed on the curtains: Property of Bates Motel
9. Instead of a mint on your pillow, the maid leaves a chocolate-covered cockroach.
10. A sign in the room reads: Our other hotel is the Hanoi Hilton.
11. The Gideon Bible is opened to passage: abandon hope all ye who enter here.
12. A sign on the door reads: Check out is 11 a.m. if you survive.

 
 
 
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