geriatric humour

[JaXanim]

The problem with geriatric humour is you need an infantile mind to find it funny. To make these 'jokes' work requires a 19-year old's mind in a 90-year old's head and life ain't like that.

To imagine a '96-year old running a bath and putting a foot in' is ludicrous. We have a 90-odd year old living with us atm and she has a problem just putting one foot in front of the other just to get to the bathroom.

And yes, all the 'deaf' jokes are true. I go through them on a daily basis. But it ain't funny I can tell you.

And yes, all the incontinence jokes you can think of are true and will certainly be applied to you one day soon. You will certainly *hi* in your pyjamas and maybe you'll wonder why it seemed so funny, not so long ago.

In fact all the jokes you make about the old folk could equally be applied to young people with mental problems. Why not start a jokes thread about those people?

Sorry to spoil the party, but making old folk the butt of teenage jokes just gets my back up.

JaX

[JaXanim]

Yes, old folk making jokes about themselves is OK. Just like you found *hittin* your pyjamas can have a funny side and so it might be.

But I don't see the fun in teenagers making jokes out of something/somebody they know little/nothing about, other than using their own (misguided) interpretation of what being old involves.

Old people can make very funny jokes, after all they've seen/done it all. Teenagers probably make great jokes about teenagers. They just can't make good jokes about old folks.

Cheers,

JaX