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Growing
Old
Just
before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very
elderly widow and asked, "How old was your husband?"
"98," she replied. "Two years older than me."
"So you're 96," the undertaker commented. She responded,
"Hardly worth going home, is it?
Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: "And what
do you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter
asked.
She simply replied, "No peer pressure."
The
nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter
eggs.
I've sure gotten old! I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind,
can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different
medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
Have bouts of dementia. Have poor circulation; hardly feel my
hands and feet anymore. Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. Have
lost all my friends.
But, thank God,
I still have my driver's license.
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got
my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted,
gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But,
by the time I got my leotard on the class was over.
An
elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher
she had two final requests. First, she wanted to be cremated,
and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over M&S. "M&S?"
the preacher exclaimed. "Why M&S?"
"Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week"
My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's
not as sharp as it used to be.
Know how to prevent sagging? Just eat till the wrinkles fill
out.
It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffeemaker.
These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, "For
fast relief."
Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old, You
grow old because you stop laughing.
THE SENILITY PRAYER: Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones
I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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Julie
Andrews has turned 69.
To commemorate her 69th birthday on October 1, actress/vocalist,
Julie Andrews
Made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall
for the benefit of the AARP.
One of the musical numbers she performed was
"My Favorite Things" from the legendary movie "Sound
Of Music."
Here are the lyrics she used:
Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Cadillac's and cataracts, and hearing aids and glasses,
Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses
Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
When the pipes leak, when the bones creak,
When the knees go bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.
Hot tea and crumpets and corn pads for bunions,
No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
Bathrobes and heating pads and hot meals they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Back pains, confused brains, and no need for sinnin',
Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin',
And we won't mention our short, shrunken frames,
When we remember our favorite things.
When the joints ache, When the hips break,
When the eyes grow dim,
Then I remember the great life I've had,
And then I don't feel so bad.
Ms. Andrews received a standing ovation from the crowd that
lasted over four minutes and repeated encores.
Thanks
to Violet Hill for these gems
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