“I saw him described in the press as a doddery old man, and someone in the last stages of senility.”
“His dotty malapropisms often misrepresent him as a man closer to senility than sense but, at 69, he is still sharp enough to be able to match Fergie in the mental boxing ring.”
“Of course, senility will come soon, and I praise the Goddess it has held off until now.”
“The Seniles collection was begun by Petrarch when his collection of letters for the Familiares grew so large he resolved to initiate two new volumes to house the overflow.”
