Growing Old Gracefully
Sent in by Al Campbell
An older gentleman was on the operating table
awaiting surgery and he insisted that his son,
a renowned surgeon, perform the operation. As
he was about to get the anesthesia he asked to
speak to his son. "Yes, Dad, what is it?"
"Don't be nervous, son; do your best and just
remember, if it doesn't go
well, if something happens to me...your mother
is going to come and live with you and your wife.."
Aging: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age
and start bragging about it.
The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
Some people try to turn back their odometers.
Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this
way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads
weren't paved.
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to
youth, think of Algebra.
You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.
One of the many things no one tells you about
aging is that it is such a nice change from being
young. (Who would tell a terrible lie like that?)
Ah, being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
Old age is when former classmates are so gray
and wrinkled and bald, they don't recognize you.
If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't
have anything to laugh at when you are old.
First you forget names, then you forget faces.
Then you forget to pull up your zipper. It's
worse when you forget to pull it down.
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