Old Men

Old men are funny. I know because I are one. We just see things differently than younger people do. Perhaps it’s because we’ve been there and done that - as they say. The following are stories to demonstrate how funny old men are - two of the stories are true.

Two old men approach each other on a street and recognize each other and stop to greet each other. The first man admits that he is not good at remembering names, so the second guy replies, "Oh, I understand. My name is Joe Smith." The first old man replies, "Not your name, mine."

A young man lived close to an old man that loved to fish, but health problems had stopped him from driving to the lake. So, the young man would take him fishing as often as he could. While they fished, the old man would do what old people do, and complain about his health and doctors. He would mention what the doctor had told him to stop doing at his last visit. Over time, his doctor had told him to stop using snuff, cut out red meat, no butter or margarine, nothing with sugar and so forth. During his last visit the doctor had told him to stop using salt. The younger man asked, "What are you going to do if your doctor tells you to quit fishing?" The old man replied, "I’m going to switch doctors."

And finally, an old man and woman that had been married for many years had a discussion, led by the wife, about love. She explained to him that she didn’t feel like he loved her anymore. "That’s ridiculous the old man said, of course I love you." "How am I supposed to tell you love me?", the wife replied. Without a pause the old man said, "If I didn’t love you, I would have killed you a long time ago."

It’s a lot of fun being old and grumpy.

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