Grumpy Old Men

I HAVE NO PLANS TO LOSE MY SENSE OF HUMOR!!!!!

Without my humour I wouldnt be who I am so if I should lose it I hope an effort will be made to find it. ;)

There is a lack of humour in some older gentlemen and that might be down to the fact that over the years humour has change so people might not understand it anyway. What is humourous to 1 individual may not be to another so this study might be flawed and have nowt to do with congnitive deficiences.
 
I have a friend in her 80s and she has a brilliant sense of humour. She is also very active and very intelligent. I think I probably need to work at keeping my brain alive.
 
We see enough Grumpy Old Men type behaviour to know that it is not -
a sense of humour lost, but
a sense of self importance gained ;)
 
Royboy39 said:
My sense of humour would not run to being your 'Grumpy'.
The sweet lady without forked tongue I've got, will do for me thank you.
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So? -- I wasn't asking --- or looking for one -- an elderly tom cat is one grumpy enough for me to put up with. (I feel a new thread coming on -- 'The joys of being single' ) :D
 
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
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
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 :)
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Give him 2 puddings instead of one, warm his slippers, give him the TV flicker and be gentle with him...............Works with me :p
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
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 always have a good laugh when I am in the company of my mother......so much so that I find myself crying with laughing
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i think ya got it there margaret folk are more sensitive this days i think cos they have been brought up with the PC brigade, yer mums a good example- she hasn't lol,a joke is a joke full stop. its not personal to any race,creed,or colour, its a JOKE.
 
cant agree with the article, most of the old cocks i know have a cracking sense of humour. think the miserable owd gits are in the minority.
 
cashman said:
cant agree with the article, most of the old cocks i know have a cracking sense of humour. think the miserable owd gits are in the minority.
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I agree. Every older person I know has a great sense of humour, as well as the gift of being able to laugh at the misfortune of others.:D
 
The reason the younger generation think we are grumpy is, their sense of humour is infantile and not worth the effort needed laugh, we have earned the right to be 'grumpy' because we have heard it all before. Bernard Manning had it 'dead' right if you'll pardon the pun, his epitaph on tv last night was hilarious.;)
 
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