Getting Old

[robert551069]

You know you are getting old when you bend down to pick something up, and while you are down, you have a good look around to see if there is anything else that you can pick up at the same time.
Do you know of any other quotes about getting old that you would like to share?

[quinie]

An Ode To Old Age
Old age is golden,I've heard it said,
But sometimes I wonder as I go to bed,
my ears in a drawer.my teeth in a cup,
My eyes on the table,until I wake up
Ere sleep dims my eyes,I say to myself,Is there anything more I can lay on the shelf.But I'm happy to say as I close the door,
My friends are the same as in days of yore.
When I was young my slippers were red,
I could kick my heels right over my head.
When I got older my slippers were blue,
I could still dance the whole night through.Now I am older my slippers are black,
I walk to the corner & puff myself back.
The reason I know that my youth is spent,
My get up & go has got up & went
But I really don't mind,when I think with a grin,
of all the places my get up has been.
Since I retired from life's competitions,
I busy myself with complete repetitions.
I get up each morning & dust off my wits,
Pick up the paper and read the obits,
If my name is missing I know I'm not dead,
I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.


This is one of the poems a lady in her nineties used to recite at our meetings. There was nothing wrong with her memory though!!She gave me a copy of all the poems she recited.

[commoner]

They say if you can't put your trousers on without sitting on the bed or falling over..you are really old.....I can! but then I'm only a young 78...;-)

[Kiki-frog]

Nice poem, quinie. Thanks

[DTCwordfan]

"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."

H. L. Mencken

"From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first."

Bertolt Brecht

[quinie]

You know you're getting old when you feel like the day after the night before and you haven't even been anywhere
Milton Berle.
Just been glancing through the "Wrinklies' Wit &Wisdom " book my daughter gave me.Humerous quotes about getting on a bit.
Three old grannies were sitting on a park bench talking among themselves when a flasher comes by. The flasher stood right in front of them, and opened his trench coat.
The first old granny had a stroke.
Then the second old granny had a stroke.
But the third old granny had arthritis and couldn't reach that far!

[Kiki-frog]

Quinie, you bad girl!

[quinie]

I know!! Really shocked at myself but just thought it funny

[dannyk13]

When you find youself wishing a happy retirement to your son

[marval]

You know you are getting old when you bite into a steak and your teeth stay there.

[bookbinder]

You know you're getting old when you start bragging about your age, as if it's an achievement.

[marval]

You know you are getting old when your back goes out more than you do

[marval]

When your partner says, "Let's go upstairs and make love" and you answer, "Honey, I can't do both!"

[bookbinder]

Robinia, your comment actually made me laugh! Good one!

[mike11111]

"You know you are getting old when you bite into a steak and your teeth stay there."

Brill! I have that pleasure yet to come!

[HowardKennitby]

not a quote but relevant just the same

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv1tMioGgXI&feature=related