I know my old man has become more grumpy and much less tolerant as the years have advanced....maybe it is because he has to live with me
I also think that people are so much more sensitive these days....so the things that you could make fun of and get away with, without some sensitive soul feeling 'singled' out and 'abused', have got a bit thin on the ground.
I also have to admit that things on TV that are supposed to be funny leave me totally bemused. I know that younger people find things like Little Britain a great laugh....I find that kind of humour juvenile and a touch lavatorial....so maybe my sense of humour has degraded too.
I
always have a good laugh when I am in the company of my mother......so much so that I find myself crying with laughing