Retirees are Funny?

I couldn't imagine you'd have a sense of humour Maryeliza.
Boom boom !

Ha ha!!
I thought it was going to be about us when it began as we often share a meal and ask for a second plate. We draw the line at teeth though ..... but it's an idea.
So little to laugh at these days. Keep 'em coming.
I like the hippo joke.

No it doesn't lose anything. It's good.

should we be telling jokes about chickens and hippos.

Blonde DD thought DH's blonde joke was very good.

Two men were trying to measure the height of a pole with a steel tape, but the tape would keep bending and falling before they could reach the top of the pole.
A blonde woman comes by and asks "what are you guys trying to do?"
They tell her "we're trying to find the height of this pole, but our tape measure keeps bending before it gets to the top."
The woman points to the base of the pole and says "see that pin there? if you pull out that pin, you can lay the pole down to the ground and then measure it"
They pull the pin, lower the pole to the ground. the blonde woman grabs the tape and measures the pole.
"12 feet, 6 inches" she says proudly, and walks away.
"Typical blonde" says one man to the other "we ask her for the height and she gives us the length"

Of course, that is a sexist joke and negatively stereotypical

Jalima1108

Jal love it but then I don’t think men are a marginalised group who need protecting ( this could be a joke ) ( or maybe not). EV I’m always surprised that anyone thinks they know anything about any poster

That's very good. You think it's going to be a "blonde" joke but really the laugh is on the men.

I think that jokes that need lengthy explanations are rarely funny....

Depends how you look at it. Sometimes when a joke is explained, you can see how clever it actually is.

This really happened. I was sitting at the bar having a drink and a pleasant young woman I knew briefly joined me and we chatted. She looked at her watch several times and eventually said ‘ oh I can go now. I parked in the bay outside an hour ago but it said no return within one hour’

Yes. Well. It took me a long time to figure out what those signs meant.

It's not easy!

should we be telling jokes about chickens and hippos

I asked that because chickens and hippos could be marginalised groups who cannot answer for themselves

Oh I see!!! (wondered wtf you were on about)

Very good point Jalima1108! How unfeeling to laugh at chickens and hippos.

Perhaps, GG, but more often than not, the impact is lost if lengthy explanations are required.

Yes. The impact is. I am, perhaps, thinking scientifically!

The chicken one is very funny!

Maw; The grapevine tells me that you've had an addition to your family; congratulations and Good Health to all concerned.
I simply had to check Google for "Norfolk jokes" No contest! We are far superior!
Btw. you need to close up the brackets fore and aft to get the Smiley to work.

Q: Why do nursing homes give Viagra to the old men every night?
A: It keeps them from rolling out of bed!

Elderly Couple
An elderly couple go to church one Sunday. Halfway through the service, the wife leans over and whispers in her husbands ear, "I've just let out a silent fart. What do you think I should do?" The husband replies, "Put a new battery in your hearing aid."

If we can't laugh at ourselves, who can we laugh at? I'm from Norfolk and love Normal for Norfolk jokes. Or NFN as they're called locally

rufus

A very elderly woman goes to live in a beautiful care home, where she is treated kindly by the staff.

After breakfast each day, she sits in the lounge in a soft comfortable chair.

Every now and then she slips sideways, and without fail, the staff come and gently straighten her up, propping her upright with cushions and pillows.

However many times she leans, they patiently sit her up again.

When her family visit, they're very impressed at how well she is, and how attentive the staff are.

"So, how are you settling in, Mummy, are you treated well?"

"Its really lovely; the food, the staff, the views; everything.
The one complaint I have is that you're not allowed to fart!"

I don't know why farting is funny but it just is. When my children were young we'd often visit our lovely very elderly nieghbour. She had a very significant flatulence issue but completely ignored the resulting explosions (no other word for them!). The children thought it was stunningly funny. I spent my whole time trying to restrain them from laughing or commenting.