# Grandma's Birth Control Pills

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**Created:** [October 14, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grandmas-birth-control-pills/165868 "2005-10-14T15:25:52Z")
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### Author: ![fester8542](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a183cd/32.png) [@fester8542](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fester8542)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/grandmas-birth-control-pills/165868/1 "2005-10-14T15:25:52Z")

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The doctor that had been seeing an 80-year-old woman for most of her life finally retired. At her next checkup, the new doctor told her to bring a list of all the medicines that had been prescribed for her.

As the young doctor was looking through these, his eyes grew wide as he realized she had a prescription for birth control pills. "Mrs. Smith, do you realize these are BIRTH CONTROL pills?

“Yes, they help me sleep at night.”

“Mrs. Smith, I assure you there is absolutely NOTHING in these that could possibly help you sleep!”

She reached out and patted the young Doctor’s knee.

"Yes, dear, I know that. But every morning, I grind one up and mix it in the glass of orange juice that my 16 year old granddaughter drinks…

And believe me, it helps me sleep at night.