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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 03:28 PM
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On Aging
A very elderly gentleman, (mid nineties) very well dressed, hair well
groomed, great looking suit, flower in his lapel smelling slightly of a good after shave, presenting a well looked after image, walks into an upscale cocktail lounge. Seated at the bar is an elderly looking lady,(mid eighties). The gentleman walks over, sits along side of her, orders a drink, takes a sip, turns to her and says, "So tell me, do I come here often?"

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An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of
years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%. The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, "Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again." The gentleman replied, "Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!"

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Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says... "Slim, I'm 83 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you're about my age. How do you feel?"
Slim says, "I feel just like a new-born baby."
"Really!? Like a new-born baby!?"
"Yep. No hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.

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An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after
eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. The two
gentlemen were talking, and one said, "Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great. I would recommend it very highly."
The other man said, "What is the name of the restaurant?"
The first man thought and thought and finally said, "What is the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know... the one that's red and has thorns."
"Do you mean a rose?"
"Yes, that's the one," replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, "Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?"

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Hospital regulations require a wheelchair for patients being
discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman--already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet--who insisted he didn't need my help to leave the hospital. After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator. On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him. "I don't know," he said. "She's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown."
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 03:31 PM
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1. roflmao!!!
love it!
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 03:32 PM
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2. laughing out loud! n/t
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Pegleg Thd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 03:40 PM
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5. At my age
there is too much truth in what you are saying!!!:shrug:
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Patchuli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 03:35 PM
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3. Thank you!
Thinking of being 80 or 90 just made turning 50 not so bad! LOL!!!!
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 04:28 PM
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6. welcome to du, Patchuli!
:hi:
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Patchuli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 08:49 PM
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10. Thanks for the welcome!
I don't know why I wasn't here a year ago! This forum is a comfort
after the year we've all been through.
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Sporadicus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 04:30 PM
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7. I Just Turned 50 Yesterday. As Bad as That Is,
it beats the alternative!
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 03:38 PM
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4. Funny stuff, Hawk!
Thanks for posting it!

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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 07:06 PM
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9. As You Age,
Memory is the second thing to go.

And a comment on your sig line, if I may...

"Absolute power is not corrupting. After all, if a man had Absolute Power, what could you possibly corrupt him with? What is corrupting is the perception of inadequate power." Spider Robinson.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-15-05 04:59 PM
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8. What? SAY WHAT???
Damn, I wish you guys would speak up.
Bugs the hell out of me when people start whisperin' like that.
Seems like everybody's doin it now.
What?
Is my heery nade burned dawn?
What the hell does THAT mean?
Speak English, dammit.
jeez

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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-16-05 09:00 PM
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11. Old man goes to a doctor
After a complete physical, the doctor tells him, "I've got two pieces of bad news. The first is that you have cancer."

"Oh," says the man, "that's terrible."

"And the second piece of bad news," says the doctor, "is that you have Alzheimer's."

"That's terrible," says the man, "but it could be worse. At least I don't have cancer."
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