Brownie points are for the young and healthy.

1   A tiny history

1. There may have been a time in the social use of BPs when they were general. X would help neighbour Y. Y would later return the compliment. No innuendo.
   
2. "The term 'brownie points' (often spelled with a capital 'B' when assumed to be in relation to the Brownies (junior Girl Guides/Scouts)) is known since the late 1940s." source
3.  Its frequent appearance in newspapers in the 1950s date back to the earliest known usage in 1951, where a man in the Los Angeles Times speaks of earning favor with his wife in terms of brownie points. Wiki source
4. This is not about the social history of BPs, as interesting as it may be.

2   Were you in your right mind?

1. To answer that you need to open your mind.
2. As someone whose life as a health care professional involves improving the wellbeing of others, clearly you need to consider the whole person.
3. What were you thinking about making mention of BPs?
4. You specialise in improving bodily function to offer clients better mental health.
5. Your expertise includes 80 year-olds. How often have you used innuendo to determine their ability below the waist?
6. Never, of course.
7. All the more reason for you not to use modern BP innuendo in a social situation.
8. Even less in a family situation.
9. And much less when your victim cannot answer due to his heightened embarrassment and the embarrassment of the observers if he had said what needed to be said to you.
   

10. The heightened embarrassment aspect includes the fact that the  BP innuendo was entirely inapppropriate.

3   More about the family situation.

1. When either M or E were about to go on holiday with boyfriends, did you embarrass the latter (et al) at an all-your-family event to tell them BP tricks?.
   
2. You set yourself up as the expert on Christmas Day.

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