Posted by Karla Lofgren Davis ~ March 30, 2008... Incorporating the ideas of Gladys Payne Bohac
Yesterday Randy, Jeanine, Ed and I drove to Waxahachie for lunch and a delightful afternoon of browsing through quaint antique, vintage and shabby chic venues. Enroute we spotted this bumper sticker: “We Have Become the People our Parents Warned Us About”. Reading this lead to a lively and rather humorous discussion of the implications to our lives.
I have expressed similar thoughts to the young parents with whom I work. You know how it was the first time your little ones came home with bad language or a school report of a horrific breach of appropriate conduct (such as biting a classmate). You were just sure the little rascals at school or on the bus taught your innocent darling such dastardly words or deeds. Then, within a very short time, you realized that your own little one had become the kid at school or on the bus who was teaching the same things to others. In fact, your child (or grandchild) had become the person you warned your child about. What goes around certainly does come around!
This bumper sticker experience made me think about an e-mail sent to me earlier by Gladys Bohac. I had tucked it away to develop into a post and this seems as good a time as any to add it to our blog. Perhaps you have other good one-liners, or you would care to spin a comment off one of these. ENJOY!!!
I asked my wife if old men wear boxers or briefs. She said DEPENDS!
The only trouble with retirement… you never get a day off!
I was at the beauty shop for two hours… and that was just for the estimate!
That SNAP, CRACKLE, POP in the morning ain’t my freakin’ Rice Krispies!
You know you’re getting old when you throw a wild party and the neighbors don’t even realize it!
Sometimes I wake up grumpy…and sometimes I let him sleep in!
I’m not old, I’m chronologically gifted!
Be nice to your children…they will choose your nursing home!
Birthdays are good for you. The more you have the longer you live! (or as my mother use to say, “Growing old is the pits, but it’s better than the alternative!)
One good thing about Alzheimer’s…you get to meet new people every day! (or a variation…You get to hide your own Easter eggs.)
When did my wild oats turn to prunes and bran?
Here’s a sign that we are “with it” in this computer age…“Insufficient memory at this time.”
You know you are old when “Happy Hour” is a nap!
Old age comes at a very bad time!
Never do anything you wouldn’t want to explain to the paramedics.
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