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Retirees are Funny?

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Rufus2 Fri 22-Mar-19 11:16:05

Made me laugh, anyway! grin

A young man saw an elderly couple sitting down to lunch at McDonald's. He noticed that they had ordered one meal, and an extra drink cup. As he watched, the gentleman carefully divided the hamburger in half, then counted out the fries, one for him, one for her, until each had half of them. Then he poured half of the soft drink into the extra cup and set that in front of his wife. The old man then began to eat, and his wife sat watching, with her hands folded in her lap. The young man decided to ask if they would allow him to purchase another meal for them so that they didn't have to split theirs. The old gentleman said, "Oh no. We've been married 50 years, and everything has always been and will always be shared, 50/50." The young man then asked the wife if she was going to eat, and she replied, "It's his turn with the teeth."

70-year-old George went for his annual check-up. He told the doctor that he felt fine, but often had to go to the bathroom during the night. Then he said: "But you know Doc, I'm blessed. God knows my eyesight is going, so he puts on the light when I pee, and turns it off when I'm done!" A little later in the day, Dr. Smith called George's wife and said: "Your husband's test results were fine, but he said something strange that has been bugging me. He claims that God turns the light on and off for him when uses the bathroom at night." Thelma exclaimed: "That old fool! He's been peeing in the refrigerator again!

Nico97 Fri 22-Mar-19 11:54:38

Made me laugh Rufus ! grin

boheminan Fri 22-Mar-19 12:04:29

grin

Jane10 Fri 22-Mar-19 12:18:39

grin

aggie Fri 22-Mar-19 12:21:16

Think I have lost my sense of humour :{

Gonegirl Fri 22-Mar-19 12:23:28

grin (especially the second one)

EllanVannin Fri 22-Mar-19 12:28:44

Made me laugh too, especially the first one. Share and share alike.

MawBroon Fri 22-Mar-19 13:16:06

On a par with blonde jokes, Essex jokes, normal for Norfolk jokes.
“Jokes” [ confused]

maryeliza54 Fri 22-Mar-19 13:19:17

Horrible - not funny at all - ageist and pathetic

Gonegirl Fri 22-Mar-19 13:21:30

It's neither of those things.

Gonegirl Fri 22-Mar-19 13:22:53

Thread title could be better though.

maryeliza54 Fri 22-Mar-19 13:34:04

Disagree GG

Mapleleaf Fri 22-Mar-19 13:43:30

Made me laugh! I think it's important to not take ourselves too seriously, sometimes. grin

maryeliza54 Fri 22-Mar-19 13:47:29

It depends what you're laughing at - I think jokes that rely on negative stereotypes of specific groups are rarely if ever funny. My sense of humour isn't based on or related to my my age ( or my gender or disability for that matter)

Jane10 Fri 22-Mar-19 13:50:54

Maryeliza54 give us an example of something that appeals to your sense of humour?

maryeliza54 Fri 22-Mar-19 13:53:02

Two hippopotami wallowing in mud, one says to the other "I keep thinking today is Tuesday' Boom boom

Jane10 Fri 22-Mar-19 13:59:48

confused Explains a lot.

maryeliza54 Fri 22-Mar-19 14:01:20

Meaning?

Gonegirl Fri 22-Mar-19 14:10:47

I don't understand that joke.

maryeliza54 Fri 22-Mar-19 14:20:13

Here’s another - saw it in a card shop last week. Two chickens, one holding a recipe book with two eggs in front of her on the ground a few centimetres apart says to the other ‘ this meringue recipe says to separate two eggs but it doesn’t say how far ‘ Boom boom

maryeliza54 Fri 22-Mar-19 14:21:13

I think GG that jokes don’t work if they have to be explained - you either get them or you don’t.

Kittye Fri 22-Mar-19 14:24:45

I get the chicken joke, but the hippo??

Gonegirl Fri 22-Mar-19 14:27:31

No MaryE. Tell me!!!

Gonegirl Fri 22-Mar-19 14:28:00

The chicken one is good.

maryeliza54 Fri 22-Mar-19 14:29:26

Most people don't get the hippo joke - all I can say is its the incongruity of two hippos saying something so mundane that it's not unusual for humans to say to each other. Hmmmmm it loses something in the explanation.