Lazy Old Coot Loc: Gainesville, Florida

Don’t think it can’t happen to you.

This is what all of you 70+ year old's have to look forward to

This is something that happened in an Aged Care Centre.

The people who lived there have small apartments but they all eat at a central Cafeteria.

One morning, one of the residents didn't show up for breakfast so my friend went upstairs and knocked on his door to see if everything was OK. She could hear him through the door. He said that he was running late, and would be down shortly, so she went back to the Dining area.

An hour later, he still hadn't arrived; so she went back up towards his room and she found him on the stairs. He was coming down the stairs but was having a hell of time. He had a death grip on the hand rail and seemed to have trouble getting his legs to work right.

She told him she was going to call an ambulance but he told her no, he wasn't in any pain, and just wanted to have his breakfast. So she helped him the rest of the way down the stairs and he had his breakfast

When he tried to return to his room he was completely unable to get up even the first step so they called an ambulance for him.

A couple hours later she called the hospital to see how he was doing. The receptionist there said he was fine, he just had both of his legs in one leg of his boxer shorts.

usn ret Loc: SoCal High Desert

Reaching that stage of life myself. Very funny but I can see that happening. Still laffing. Cliff

angler Loc: StHelens England

erinjay64

Funny....not. Like Jerry Lewis, and Donald Trump, you seem to enjoy mocking the mentally / physically handicapped. You won't think it so funny once you become handicapped.

salmander

You must be young. One of the important things about getting older is gaining the ability to laugh at one's own foibles that are the result of lapses of focus, which become more and more common. In this example, most any individual who is capable of putting their own clothes on would also be capable of determining why they were having such difficulty walking. So this is actually an example of something that would probably not happen in real life. It's funny to people who have had failures of focus - this would be an example that we can sort of imagine ourselves doing, therefore funny. When something like this happens to ourselves, we think it's hilarious. By the way, I'm not quite 70 myself, but I am starting to see similar instances emerging, and I'm waiting to laugh at myself. I'm already in the guffaw stage.

machia Loc: NJ

Jerry Lewis raised 1 billion dollars in his lifetime to help kids with incredible lifelong disabilities . Donald Trump wants to cut back Medicaid that exploded under Mr.Obama , sucking money out of Medicare , which means priority over the elderly .

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I was hoping it was a joke, but it seemed to be turning into a sad story. Then the joke kicked in.

dragonfist Loc: Stafford, N.Y.

Come on now, it was a joke and a darn good one. I am 76, have pulled a few real dandies in the last few years, and I laughed out loud when I got to the punch line.
Why, because I could imagine mysef doing something like that. It isn't easy getting old so it is far better if you can laugh at your mistakes when you make them. Life is too short to go around grousing about things you can't change such as memory loss, ability to do the things you used to, etc. When folks laugh at some of my foibles I laugh with them. I can't change them and they mean no harm.

stanlittle Loc: Oakland, Arkansas

I'll be 70 in a few months, and fortunately, I still have a sense of humor.

I periodically post senior jokes on my Facebook page which are enjoyed by all my fb "friends".

When posting any jokes, there is always a danger of offending an Obama era PC cupcake leftover.

The humor is worth the risk.

By the way, I did enjoy your joke. Thanks for sharing it.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Can you manage how this tale would play out if he had been an upper 80-year old!

RobertW Loc: Breezy Point, New York

Every time I experience one of those "Senior Moments", I remind myself to comment---"Hey, it isn't easy getting old---You only get to do it once and you can't practice!!"

donb17

My mom and dad always had a saying: "getting old is not for sissies". Now that I'm getting there at age 71, I completely agree.

RobertW Loc: Breezy Point, New York

I will be 83 in two months and I still practice Architecture and Engineering AT MY OFFICE four days a week, so take heart all you 70"s crowd-----------There's a Looong way to go for some of us and Erinjay had good advice ----Learn to laugh at yourself (and having a great wife/partner helps too!)

usn ret Loc: SoCal High Desert

Getting OLD is a privilege denied many. Enjoying my privilege @ 78! Cliff

stepha11 Loc: Trail British Coluimbia

All you youngsters aint seen nothing yet. Try 86 for old age tricks. And yes, the joke was very funny mainly because the possibility really does exist...