Stupid Things
If you can’t laugh at yourself, my grandpa told me, you’re not doing enough stupid things. I told him I didn’t usually run out of stupid things, but it’s hard to laugh that long at anything.
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Norm
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:20 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Family & Relatives Humor & Whimsy Retirement
Are you here to borrow money or to visit? He used to say & I’d say it’s me, grandpa & then he’d say o hell, come on in & visit anyway.
Hundred Percent
I’m of the opinion that people don’t know what they’re talking about 90 percent of the time, my grandpa said & my grandma smiled & said , O, you’re too late. The 10 percent slot filled up a few minutes ago. & we could hear him muttering all the way back out to the garden
Front Porch
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:19 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Family & Relatives Friends & Neighbors Job & Career
My grandpa used to tell us about a man who had 3 heads who lived in his town & he was always in the kitchen frying something or other & even though it smelled like chicken it was really the bones of children. He was awake every time I saw him, my grandpa said, even … [Read More]
Advice
If they’d listen to me this world’d be a better place, my grandpa used to say & my grandma always nodded & said, you’re right. Someday we’re going to kick ourselves for that one & he’d frown & turn off his hearing aid.