We’re not talking about the question often asked of seniors, “Did you hear that?” Everyone assumes all seniors are hard of hearing. Unfortunately, it’s a physical reality that many seniors, as they become older and wiser, mysteriously have the volume knob in their brain connected to their ear drums turned down. Nobody knows why, it just happens. Maybe we’ve heard so much it wears out. It results in stories like this: Three seniors are out walking. One says, “Windy, isn’t it?” The other one says, “No, it’s Thursday!” Their buddy says, “So am I. Let’s go get a beer.”

Everything is so serious these days that many small things can get blown completely out of proportion. Seniors are accused of being grumpy all the time, but they know, it’s not grumpiness, it’s the fact that they see people making the same mistakes they did and are just trying to correct them. It’s offering gracious criticism to make sure the young don’t fall into life’s little traps. Seniors are a kind and thoughtful people.

And the fact is seniors these days have a great sense of humor, seniors are funny; did you hear that fact. Just look at all the jokes being passed around mouth-to-mouth and around the internet about and by seniors. And those little creative and informative antidotes of information are so helpful.

For an example of semi-reality, a senior lady’s husband, Henry, being miserable with her mood swings, bought her a mood ring so he could be able to monitor her moods. Not an entirely bad idea because some senior women have been accused of the petty crime of grumpiness. Did you hear about the seven change-of-life dwarfs of a few senior women: itchy, bitchy, sweaty, bloaty, sleepy, forgetful and psycho? Any way, it was soon discovered that when she was in a good mood, it turned green. When in a bad mood, it left a big red mark on his forehead. Maybe next time he'll buy her a diamond is some good advice.

And speaking of Henry she said, “Impotence in men is nature's way of saying no hard feelings.”

Did you hear that … he who laughs last thinks the slowest, or, has a clear conscience which is usually the sign of a bad memory, or had a boring life in the earlier years? And just when everything seems to be going good and when everything is coming your way, you find out you're in the wrong one-way lane. Driving jokes about seniors are overwhelming the network. But the truth is you don’t want to be the character in this punch line – ‘Henry, you just ran 3 red lights.’ And he responds, ‘Oh, am I driving?’ We don’t need that.

Inside every senior is a younger person wondering, “What the heck happened?” Do you recollect that the doctor once told you “Remember the 20 extra years you added to your life through clean, healthy living. Well, these are them and you have to live with it.” Did you hear that? Health is funny as well as not funny for seniors, but what the heck? Seniors have so many years to pick apart and are easy targets for humor because of their: frame-of-mind swings, ED, wrinkles all over, selective hearing, deprived eyesight, a deliberate walk, memory lags, driving while still alive, and just being funny people.

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