Jan 23 2008
Never Too Old
Reading Sue of La Chanson de Phoenix’s post: “Me in Forty Years” made me think I should share this moment in time.
I walk around a nearby lake most days of the week. Last fall I met a couple of “Old Dudes” and we ended up walking together and now we walk together as much as we can.
These guys are anything but old. One is six-foot and solid. He said that at 63 he was able to bench-press 475 pounds. Dang! The other is “in his 70s” – he’s being coy about his age. Both of them can walk – nothing creaky about them at all!
We’ve become great friends. They are both modern in their thinking yet old school in the way they treat me.
On the one hand they know that I’ve been around the block a few times. On the other hand, they see me as this “young lady” – courteous and sweet spoken. They keep forgetting that while I don’t swear, I know how.
A few days ago I meet them by the lake as usual. The younger dude says, “I brought the printer I was telling you about.” He wanted to give me this printer he had never used. It sounded pretty good – a scanner/printer/copier. He reaches into his truck and pulls out the printer, tightly tucked in a paper bag.
He asks me if I wanted to see it. I say that it’s OK; I can look at it later when I get home. But he goes ahead and pulls it out. He hands it to me.
The older dude and I look at the printer. It looks pretty good. I try to put the printer back into the bag. The older dude sees me struggling so he helps out by taking the bag from me and holding it open.
We are both facing each other, him holding the bag and me struggling to guide the printer in.
This is too good a situation to pass on. I have to do it. I am compelled.
I ask: “Is it in yet?”
Older Dude pauses in shock.
The three of us bust up.
Here’s to never being too old to laugh at a double entendre!
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Haha I’ve gotta agree to that one.
Even more so, here’s to never losing a love of life, a sense of humor, and a childlike view of the world!
You do realize that the joke cuts both ways?
Dahahaa! I’ve read this and I still guffawed and held my stomach seeing it here too! Thanks for sharing, twice! hahahah
That was priceless! That was probably the highlight of their day! (Mine too- showing you what a bad day I am having….)
Oh I remember your old guys! How come guys always get to be so CUTE when they’re old & we just look old???? Very funny!
Now that was quick thinking Ms. Q. Nice work on the joke.
Haha, that’s too funny. Wish I was there, lol
HMTKSteve: Really? I had no idea. Please explain.
Sue: Hehehehe right back!! After I wrote that comment on your blog I figgered it was good for a post. Glad you enjoyed it both times!
Beth: Those guys have been the highlight of many of my days. They are so incredibly wonderful – I have been meaning to write them and how we met. They make me feel good about myself – what a gif!
I hope your day has improved!!
Jill: Did I write a comment on your blog about “my old guys”? I am guessing I have since this is the first time I’ve written about them in a post! I think women get cute when they get old. I can’t say these guys are actually CUTE as in “cute little old guy” – both workout and the older dude – DANG if he isn’t buff. Sculpted shoulders indeed! Me and the younger dude surprised him by visiting him at the gym and I took some photos and he took off his shirt which had the younger dude teasing him, “You never take off your shirt for me.” Under the shirt was a black tank and even though I knew they worked out with weights – I was seriously impressed. My DAD looks like a “little old guy” and CUTE. These guys…uh, not exactly cute. I told the Older Dude that his wife of 46 years (!!) must be very happy.
Ricardo: My mind tends to “go there” easily.
Rolando: It was pretty funny. We were all shaking with laughter – it’s a good thing I didn’t drop the printer!
Yeah, you must have written a comment about them here or on mine, ’cause I remembered you walked with old guys. How funny on the gym visit!
Explanation:
Is it in yet?
1. It’s too small and you can’t feel it.
2. You are too big and can not feel it.
Option 2 is often referred to as “So, did you tie a board to your ass?” i.e. to keep from falling in.
Jill: It WAS a fun visit and the gym was a serious body-building gym – not many frills. The younger dude talks about me enough that people think we’re dating! He’s young looking for his age – looks maybe late 40s sometimes but early-mid-50s most times.
He and the older dude joked around about “promenading” – walking around without a shirt to show off your muscles.
HMTKSteve: Hahahahha! I actually knew EXACTLY how the joke cut both ways and wondered if you were really going to Spell It Out. Thanks for the clear explanation!!
You had to wonder? How long have you known me now?
Good think you didn’t give them a heart attack from laughing so much, lol. j/k Or a least a serious stomach ache, haha.
Do they know you blog? I bet they’d get a kick that you wrote about them.
HMTKSteve: Well…I wondered to What Extent you were going to spell it out. You still stayed within the boundaries – that is, you have to understand the joke in the first place in order to understand your explanation!
We’ve known each other hmmm, a year now?
Rolando: These guys are not going going to have a heart attack, not the way they are going. The Younger Dude told me a joke about some guy in his 80s marrying a 21-year old woman. His friends ask him if he’s worried about a heart attack on his wedding night. The man replies, “If she goes, she goes…”
The Younger Dude is Good To Go, single and when he dates, dates Asian women around my age. He jokes I’m just under his age range.
I tell them of my blog but haven’t given them the address! I did tell them of this post and they got a chuckle out of that.
So how old ****IS**** the younger old guy? Maybe “just under” his age range wouldn’t be too bad!
:-0 :-0 :-0
Jill: The younger guy is 65! He actually looks better than quite a few men my age!
Yeah, 65 is probably pushing it! Actually, I’ve only dated up to age 48. Still, if he likes you that much AND looks better than men your age *shrug shrug*…
Jill: While age shouldn’t be an issue (of legal age!) I personally don’t want to pass the 10-years older mark. I’ve just overcome the “dating-younger-men” idea (as in more than 5 years younger) and something about dating a guy who could be my father…not so sexy to me.
I don’t know how I missed this post before. This is funny as all hell. I’m glad you didn’t pass on the joke.
UT: glad you discovered it..and enjoyed it!