I have noticed a little ageism creeping into the forums recently ...

jauntie
By jauntie

So I thought I'd post the text of an e-mail I received from my 74 year old sister this morning:

"Subject: retirement

Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting.

Well, for example, the other day Carol and I went into town and walked into a shop.

We were only in there for about 5 minutes. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and said, "Come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?" He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him a Nazi turd. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tires.

So Carol called him a sh1thead.

He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote.

Personally, we didn't care. We came into town by bus.

We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired. It's
important at our age".

By dweller• 15 Sep 2007 09:11
dweller

in church leaned across to her husband and said "I just dropped a silent f*rt, what should I do".

He replied, "put a new battery in your hearing aid"!

By starseed• 14 Sep 2007 21:27
starseed

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~ your thoughts create your reality ~

By dweller• 14 Sep 2007 20:22
Rating: 5/5
dweller

The following was developed as a mental age assessment by the School of Psychiatry at Harvard University .

Take your time and see if you can read each line aloud without a

mistake. The average person over 40 years of age cannot do it!

1. This is this cat.

2. This is is cat.

3. This is how cat.

4. This is to cat.

5. This is keep cat.

6. This is an cat.

7. This is old cat.

8. This is f*rt cat. (* To avoid censorship)

9. This is busy cat.

10. This is for cat.

11. This is forty cat

12. This is seconds cat.

Now go back and read the third word in each line from the top down.

By lynnie• 13 Sep 2007 20:53
lynnie

oh ok. I was thinking it wasn't but you never know.

By jauntie• 13 Sep 2007 20:50
jauntie

all troooooooo (to my shame - especially the first one!) :D

By sentibhim• 13 Sep 2007 20:48
sentibhim

Tell me one true story.I am bored here.

"Drink Beer Save Water"

By jauntie• 13 Sep 2007 20:45
jauntie

nah, the story isn't true, but it WAS sent to me by my 74 year old sister - that part IS true :D

By lynnie• 13 Sep 2007 20:43
lynnie

First of all- is this a true story? The end is funny but just think of those poor people who are going to have to deal with those tickets.

By Nepalese• 13 Sep 2007 20:28
Nepalese

I like it...

By coolquietman• 13 Sep 2007 20:25
coolquietman

got the msg.

ill be careful when i play softball with you......lol ....

it right - the first time!

By jauntie• 13 Sep 2007 20:13
jauntie

I can remember a few years ago when I played soft ball (rounders) with a crowd of youngsters I worked with. Believe it or not I DID manage to hit the ball and run all the way round and score a 'rounder' for my team.

I limped into work next morning only to see all the others (some many years younger than me) looking in worse shape!

Just lack of exercise - nothing to do with age :P

By DaRuDe• 13 Sep 2007 20:11
DaRuDe

Would you mind stepping in and stop hidding plz :/

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By jauntie• 13 Sep 2007 20:09
jauntie

nice one :D

By DaRuDe• 13 Sep 2007 20:07
Rating: 5/5
DaRuDe

same two old twin sis were driving in city they crossed the red signal and kept driving a cop saw them violating he started whistling to stop them and they never stopped. when the cop speed up and over took them got ahead of those twins they parked their car the cop came and asked them when u crossed the red lights i was whistling why the hell u never stopped the twin sis replied that our mom told us if some one ever whistle at you never stop just keep on going :D

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By azilana7037• 13 Sep 2007 20:03
Rating: 4/5
azilana7037

That what keeps everyone young...in looks and at heart.

I like it a lot...copied it and will e-mail it to my officemates too.

:-)

By coolquietman• 13 Sep 2007 20:01
coolquietman

u sure of that?......mebbe they were just pretending and

being sympathetic to you lol.........

loldo it right - the first time!

By jauntie• 13 Sep 2007 19:58
jauntie

the only consolation is that I KNOW the youngsters who played would have been hurting also!!! :D

By coolquietman• 13 Sep 2007 19:55
coolquietman

congrats jauntie you have joined the "WEEKEND WARRIORS" club.!

did u meet any new interesting QL ers....do it right - the first time!

By jauntie• 13 Sep 2007 19:53
jauntie

Between you and me, I thought I excelled myself - however, the following evening I could hardly put one foot infront of the other cos my legs ached so much. Must have been a different hip movement to the treadmill action lol

shhhhhh don't tell anyone :#

By coolquietman• 13 Sep 2007 19:49
coolquietman

so all oldies iN this site please raise ur hands..................

who ALL wants to have fun on QL???

HI JAUNTIE HOW WAS UR GET TOGETHER AT THE BOWLING.....?

do it right - the first time!

By thealjazeera• 13 Sep 2007 19:48
thealjazeera

hahahahahahahahahahah nice one

By Greeker• 13 Sep 2007 19:37
Rating: 5/5
Greeker

Your sis is a hoot. I think the funny bone runs in the family. Never a dull moment with any of the family around.

What a lady!

By copper• 13 Sep 2007 19:37
copper

So thats the secret behind the increasing number of parking tickets on my car..lol...GOod one

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