Geezer joke:

[trof]

Charlie and Ralph were watching the Patriot's game while their wives were out in the kitchen preparing some snacks.

Charlie said "We went to a fantastic new restaurant last night."
"What's the name of it?"
"Aw jeez...damn...I can't think of it. Wait a minute. No. OK, what's the name of that flower? It's red. It has thorns."
"Rose?"
"THAT'S IT! ROSE! What's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?"

[Canoe52]

1. We are starting to live that joke, and laugh at ourselves too!

[SCantiGOP]

9. My wife liked this one

They say that men use love to get sex, and women use sex to get love.
At our age, we use coupons to get pizza.

(Mmmmm, pizza)

[pangaia]

10. A long time ago I heard that the way to a man's heart is through his----

..............................
on 2nd thought I'd better not repeat it...

[Rebl2]

2. Not

Funny. I’m dealing with parents who have severe memory issues and it is not amusing.

[trof]

3. Buddy, I'm 76 and I have severe memory 'issues'.

Lighten up. I amuse myself.
It's funny.
Just curious, how old are you?

[packman]

4. Same type of joke-different name

Two guys sitting , watching TV while wives are in the kitchen
Bob - "I need a beer"
Jim - "I could use one myself"
Bob - " What's those songs they sing around Christmas time?
Jim - "Carols"
Bob - "That's it. CAROL, get me a beer."

[Skittles]

5. I am hoping I will always be able to laugh at myself

seriously

[zentrum]

6. Nor is making

…stereotyping jokes about old people.

Ageism is alive and well. It's rarely called out. If you look at the rules for being alerted on, ageism is never mentioned in the list of not allowed discriminations.

[40RatRod]

12. Age and jokes

I think as we get older, and I am, I joke about my own forgetfulness and am not offended by jokes.
My uncle died from Alzheimer and my dad had dementia and it was very difficult to care for him for several years so I am familiar with what I might face. Still old fart jokes are OK with me and I try to lighten up as I get older.

[Canoe52]

13. Not stereotyping

Us of the age that this cartoon is relevant need to laugh at our diminishing abilities. To do otherwise would be a descent into despair.

Wow that came out kinda profound...a little tip...marijuana helps a lot too!

[marybourg]

16. Well, this is a group for and about old people.

So this is the one place on DU where old pepole can make jokes about themselves.

[zentrum]

19. Yes, I

……missed that (ironic LOL) because it appeared on DU's home page under "Trending Now".

[marybourg]

20. If you don't want to see the navel-gazing

of single issue "groups", you can exclude them from "my account". I did that a long time ago and have been much more satisfied with DU since then. You can then include those groups you do wish to read.

[zentrum]

22. Good tip. Thnx.

[Canoe52]

11. I know, lost my dad to dementia, and who knows if Ill have it in 15 years...

but right now for us a day doesn’t go by that doesn’t resemble that cartoon. It is a daily reality for us and we can either cry or laugh, right now we are laughing, keeping our fingers crossed on the future.

[sarge43]

7. Lincoln once said after being criticized about making a joke about a serious problem,

"I'm too old to cry; I must laugh."

[Shrike47]

8. We live that joke at our house and I think its funny.

Getting old is not for the weak. Once you begin to lose control of your sphincters, you can laugh or cry but it’s unlikely to get better.

[Iggo]

15. And iffen ya laugh, ya better be careful.

Pfft!

[Rollo]

14. Oh, what the heck. I've always been a bit absent minded, even as a four year old...

and I can say it's not getting better at 65...

A good friend of mine (about the same age), says he has CRS: Can't Remember Shit. I realize I have it too!

The way I look at it, we can only store so much info in our heads. Eventually it starts to get a bit clogged with useless stuff. A good vacation, a respite, or some other intervention tends to clear the logjam.

Now, I'm not experiencing Alzheimers (I hope) but I do notice that names and such that I used to be able to recall quickly now take a while to resurface. That and walking into a room and having no clue what it was I wanted to retrieve or do. Sometimes I fight that by repeating to myself several times why I'm getting up and going into another room. Sometimes that even works! LOL.

[Jim Lane]

17. On September 7, 2008, Tom Brady suffered a season-ending injury in the Patriots' opening game.

I'll bet both of those geezer Patriots fans can still tell you the name of the quarterback who replaced Brady for the rest of the season.

[lillypaddle]

18. Love it!

Stealing for FB.

[kooth]

21. Geezer Joke

I saw a special with Jerry Lewis where he told a version of that joke. I'm starting to live that too!