“You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.”  George Bernard Shaw.

Recently sent to me by Lindy C. from Devon, England.

This  is dedicated to all of us who are seniors, to all of you who know seniors, and to all of you who will become seniors.

 

“WHERE is my SUNDAY paper?”  The irate customer calling the newspaper office, loudly demanded to know where her Sunday edition was.

“Madam“,  said the newspaper employee, “today is Saturday.  The Sunday paper is not delivered until  tomorrow, on SUNDAY.”

There was quite a long pause on the other end of the phone, followed by a ray of recognition as Madam was heard to mutter under her breath, “Well, shit, that explains why there was no one at church either!”

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As British comedian Bob Monkhouse is reputed to have said, “Growing old is compulsory; growing up is optional.”  (NB. More fabulous quotations from this naturally very funny man may be found here.)

On the subject of Bob Monkhouse, let me close with this video of Norman Wisdom appearing on the Bob Monkhouse Show back in 1983.  As one of the YouTube commentators put it, “Two of Britains funniest men; we will never seek their likes again.“