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  • Coolest Old Gentleman I've Ever Met

    Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 10:12AM / Standard Entry / Members only
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    Sean and I took the kids out for dinner and there we met the most amazing person. He was 86, on oxygen and sitting across from his beloved wife, and we got to talking. First he teased Sean by claiming he thought Sean was the girl's grandfather and asking how he landed such a young chick (me! haha)  I found out he had a lot in common with my late dad who would have been about the same age as this gent. They both served in WW2 and around the same area. My Dad spent time in the Phillipines and Guam while the  gent was mainy in Phillipines.

    He told some of the wildest jokes. Like this one (which works better as a verbal joke than written but here goes):
    "A woman had twin baby boys and as she was taking them out in the stroller, her neighbor asked, "how do you tell them apart?" she replied, "easy...by their balls."
    "Their Balls?!"
    "Sure...this one bawls when he's wet and that one bawls when he's dry"

    He told us that he loves to make people smile and/ or laugh and the only time he ever failed was one Xmas when he told someone "Happy hollidays" and the person got mad and spit...he reasoned that the man had issues or sad memories regarding the time of year but he let it go. But imagine how cool that is. Going through life with that one goal in mind...to make everyone you meet smile or laugh.

    Then as he was leaving he told Sean, "Some advice...take your lady driving. Go to a gravel road somewhere dark and isolated...and see if you can still fog up the windows!"

     

     

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    posted on Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 9:38PM [Report]
    That is a great story.  And people dismiss elderly folks as if they are inconsequential.  They have so many stories (particularly the ones who can remember them).  I had an uncle who had a whole repetoire of jokes and puns -- he was the best.  I visited him at home not knowing he was very ill with cancer but not knowing that event was only 24 hours away.  Both my aunts met me at the door and said `he`s not talking and we`re just waiting.`  I actually wanted to flee the scene.  It wasn`t my place to share this moment (his daughters were far flung but should have been there....).  I tiptoed in the room with tears in my eyes and swear to God he brightened and said something like sure I know you...hey did you hear the one about....  I don`t even the remember the joke because we were all in shock but we still talk about how he roused to tell it.  To the end...a guy who just wanted to spread joy.  RIP Uncle Billy.  You were a frigging great guy.  LClem - I am glad your kids saw a side of the elderly which will probably be imprinted forever --- don`t dismiss them because they are old.  And you guys go fog up those windows!  Sounds like fun....at least for a few minutes.haha

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