John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

RobertW possibly owes his health by practicing his profession - a busy mind keeps the body alive. As a famous actor in his 90s said "I can't die, I am booked."

Lazy Old Coot Loc: Gainesville, Florida

I never thought this post would result in such a diverse conversation. It's a rare occasion when I come across a joke on this forum that I haven't heard before (often many many times before), so whenever I do find a new one and it gives me a good chuckle I forward it to most of my friends and post it here in hopes others will enjoy it as much as I did.

By the way, I'm eighty-four and have a terrible time remembering names, however, it has nothing to do with my age. I've been afflicted with the same problem for most of my adult life. It's some sort of a mental block and can result in some embarrassing moments. I've even had trouble remembering my wife's name when introducing her to one of my customers we have run into at some social function. Fortunately, she understands the problem and there are no hard feelings (we've been married for fifty-nine years). Interestingly, when I can't remember a name it's not lost, I just can't find it and usually, it will come to me a few hours (or sometimes a few days) later when I'm not even trying to remember it. The mind, or at least my mind, works in strange ways!!! .......... Coot

Quaking Aspen Loc: Cottage Grove, OR

My Mother, in her later years, would keep a manila envelope full of jokes and when she heard a new one she would write it down and put it in the envelope to keep. She lived to be 90.

One I remember from her file was:

You know why some nursing homes give their elderly gents Viagra?
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It helps to keep them from accidently rolling out of bed.

Allen D S

Yeah, humor and especially sarcasm are lost on some people.

RobertW Loc: Breezy Point, New York

Between keeping up with Treepusher's adventures and Dark Lady activity;----and strings like this one, UHH is one of the most interesting diversions available to what I like to call "THE SENIOR'S SENIOR CROWD".
Robert The Wanderer

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

The actor was George Burns who lived to 100 and stayed pretty active till the end. He never gave up his cigar, usually a big Havana.

salmander

George Burns was one of those unfortunate seniors who broke his hip (at age 98 I believe) and was one of the 30% of seniors who break their hip and do not recover. He held on until he was 100 and then he gave up the ghost about six weeks later. Otherwise, he probably would have lived considerably longer. He even had a stage event date set up in Las Vegas for when he would turn 100.

Another sad, "early" death was Jack Lalane, who had a fitness show on TV for about 30 years. In the 50s and 60s he was on in the afternoon, at a time when mostly housewives were at home. I've always wondered what they thought about, seeing a fit, muscular man on TV everyday. He was into fitness and nutrition his entire adult life. Surely, he could have made 100 years easily, but he was felled at age 96 by pneumonia, of all things.

Lazy Old Coot Loc: Gainesville, Florida

When George Burns was being interviewed as he approached his one hundredth birthday, he was asked why he thought he had lived so long. He said he was sure it was because ha made it a point to smoke several cigars and drink a pint of whiskey every day. the interviewer asked what his doctors thought about that and he replied: "Oh, I don't know, they're all dead"!!!
....... Coot

Bachorf

I'm 85 and have a majority of my facilities left. I enjoyed the whole joke as did my friends who are "cupcakes' and "nutcakes". What I don't understand is why you had to insert your trump-bias. Are you that insecure or just too young to know what appropriate means.