The advantages of aging.

by Wayne 5 Replies latest social humour

  • Wayne
    Wayne

    Advantages to Getting Older - Part I

    1) People get out of the way when you drive down the street.

    2) You don't have to study history; you saw it happen.

    3) Foods you don't like taste like foods you do like.

    4) Saying that you forgot is enough of an excuse.

    5) You will probably be among the first hostages released.

    6) You don't have to buy the extended warranty because you aresure you'll be dead before you could use it.

    7) Your investment in health insurance is beginning to pay off.

    8) You can lie about your age without guilt now that you sometimes forget what it is.

    9) It's easier to pick you teeth. Just remove them from your mouth and hold them up to the light.

    10)Your secrets are safe because your friends can't remember them.

    11)You no longer have to waste money on things like sexy underwear, water skis, entrance fees for marathons and home pregnancy kits.

    12)Your friends are too nearsighted to notice that you are not wearing makeup.

    13)Things that you buy now will not wear out.

    14)You can watch for the obituaries of people you don't like.

    15)Your spouse still snores, but you can't hear it.

    16)Your joints are more accurate or predicting the weather than the Weather Channel.

    17)You are less and less likely to be subjected to a strip search.

    18)You can turn off your hearing aid when you've heard the joke before.

    19)You can't remember Bush is President.

    20)You have less grey hairs to count because you have less hair.

  • neyank
    neyank

    Hi Wayne,
    Those are great!
    neyank

  • Wayne
    Wayne

    Advantages to Getting Older - Part II

    21) You already own just the right thing to wear to that funeral.

    22) Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.

    23) Your grandchildren will be impressed that you lived in the twentieth century.

    24) You may qualify for bereavement rates on airlines. (bad one)

    25) You save on shampoo.

    26) On a sinking boat you will be saved with the women and children.

    27) Kidnappers and stalkers are not very interested in you.

    28) More and more people you hate are dead.

    29) If you were getting younger, everyone would hate you.

    30) Your arthritis makes it less likely that you will lose your wedding ring.

    31) You can correct others without fear of hearing being corrected yourself.

    32) You can throw away the Christmas decorations that your children made in kindergarten.

    33) One martini does the work of three.

    34) You no longer have to worry about the cost of Viagra--it doesn't help.

    35) If you wake up in the morning it's a good day regardless.

  • Wayne
    Wayne

    nyank

    Feel free to keep the count rising--we'll all collaborate on the royalties of the book :)

  • Wayne
    Wayne

    Advantages of aging Part 3

    36) Your savings is safe--you forgot where you hid it.

    37) You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.

    38) Statistics show that at the age of seventy, there are five women to every man. Isn't that the darndest time for a guy to get those odds?

    39) The girls at the office start confiding in you--as a father image.

    40) You can rest more--it takes longer to rest than to get tired.

    41) You don't have to watch your step, your too old to go anywhere.

    42) You don't have to worry about sinningag. I'm against anything that I'm too old to enjoy.

    43)You view Heaven as a family reunion where all of your loved ones are; and Hell is where the in laws went.

    44) Your doctor stops telling you to slow down.

    45) Temptation avoids you.

    46) Getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.

    47) You can't fall off of your rocker 'cause you can't get it started.

    48) Your no longer care that your wife gave up sex for Lent.

    49) You can wake up with that morning-after feeling, and you didn't spend a nickel doing anything the night before.

    50) You can stop paying more for those green bananas--just in case.

    51) Last Will and Testament is shorter when your old and wise: Being of sound mind, I spent all my money.

  • Wayne
    Wayne

    52)You can save money because your back goes out more than you do.

    53)You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

    54)You are glad you bought that AAA compass for the dash of your car.

    55)You are proud of your lawn mower.

    56)You can date someone half your age and not break any laws.

    57) You are proud that you can sing along with the elevator music.

    58) Your car insurance premium drops because you no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

    59) When salespeople people call at 9 am your happy to wake up.

    60) Prunes exist!

    61) You no longer care that your ears are hairier than your head--hair is hair.

    62) When you have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.

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