Q: How many days in a week?
A 6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday
Q When is a retiree's bedtime?
A Three hours after they fall asleep on the settee.
Q What's retirees biggest gripe (apart from utility bills)?
A There's not enough time to get everything done.
Q Amongst retirees what is considered formal attire?
A Tied shoes.
Q What is the common term for someone who enjoys work and refuses to retire?
A Nuts.
Q Why are retirees so slow to clean out the attic or garage?
A They know that as soon as they do one of their adult children will want to store stuff there.
Q What do retirees call a long lunch?
A Normal.
Q Why does a retiree often say he/she doesn't miss work but misses the people they used to work with?
A They're too polite to tell the truth.
The Senility Prayer
Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
The good fortune to run into the ones I do
And the eyesight to tell the difference.
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10 comments:
Every one a truism, Rosie.
Spot on!
Just to add that when I'm doing up those shoes - I like to see if there are any other things I could do at the same time while I'm down there anyway! There will come the day when bending down will be a distant memory of limber times?
That Prayer is hilarious!
Regards
Indeed Joe.
The time is nearer for me than you Clarinda!
And so apt - for me anyway JohnB. :)
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Thanks for the link HC. I think every council should have someone who publicly holds them to account like this site.
Rosa -re: The Senility Prayer.
After eyesight I would add - and memory....?
Oh Crinkly, I could have spend days expanding the poem. :)
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