Question
I have thought about exercise. ?Read about it. Watched it. 4Even considered it. Doctors recommend it, especially when they can't think of anything else to say. When you're over fifty you go to the doctor and you're telling him that this hurts and that hurts and that you're tired all the time. You know the doctorjust wants to blurt out: "What the blazes
do you expect? You're o-I-d. 'Old!" I°But they don't say that, because they like to have you keep coming in so they canjust kind of look you
over and charge you three hundred bucks. A t my last checkup, I was complaining about a multitude of maladies visiting my body. 12(Most have since moved in.) 13And the doctor looked bored kind of listless, like he might need a checkup himself-a n d said rotely what he always says, "Are you getting enough exercise?" 14I replied that I did not exercise at all, which I considered just about the right amount.
The main purpose of this passage is to
A. explain the drawbacks of exercise.
B. persuade people never to trust doctors.
C. entertain with humorous details about aging and doctors.
Answer
C. entertain with humorous details about aging and doctors.