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nolabear

(41,956 posts)
36. Okay fine...
Tue May 1, 2018, 05:49 PM
May 2018

At age 99, Grandpa dies. At the viewing (Good Southern family) people file by and murmur their condolences to Grandma, who at 97 herself is holding up pretty well.

Eventually someone gets around to asking her what was the secret to their long and happy marriage.

“Well,” she says, “we loved one another and had a wonderful family, but I think the best thing was the sex. Even when it got kind of difficult these last years, every Sunday morning we’d wake to the sound of the church bells ringing, and we’d make love. Even this last Sunday we did. There was nothing like that slow rhythm of those bells. If only that ice cream truck hadn’t come by...”

Okay, you started this PJMcK May 2018 #1
I'm going to have to remember that Victor_c3 May 2018 #10
Lol... Volaris May 2018 #19
thanks for making me laugh!! fantase56 May 2018 #2
And to add another... N_E_1 for Tennis May 2018 #3
+ 1 ChiTownDenny May 2018 #11
The Dialect Reminded Me Of My Family! ProfessorGAC May 2018 #14
ROFL malaise May 2018 #20
Norfolk High's sports rally chant jpak May 2018 #40
Very funny, but it must be an old joke DavidDvorkin May 2018 #41
In a small Irish town TlalocW May 2018 #4
HA! ChiTownDenny May 2018 #12
why not Lurker Deluxe May 2018 #5
Heh The Polack MSgt May 2018 #8
Jose was visiting relatives in America TlalocW May 2018 #6
Here's another. Warning: This one is way out there! PJMcK May 2018 #17
Okay this one is meant for a card nykym May 2018 #7
I enjoyed watching the Spanish stations when I lived in Miami. forgotmylogin May 2018 #9
LOL. ChiTownDenny May 2018 #13
OK, it's that sort of afternoon sarge43 May 2018 #15
Did you hear the one about the bedbug that gave birth in the spring? eleny May 2018 #16
As Mary walked into the church bullsnarfle May 2018 #18
When my time comes, cab67 May 2018 #26
What's Irish and stays out all night? smirkymonkey May 2018 #21
This one is visual :-) FakeNoose May 2018 #22
+1 uponit7771 May 2018 #37
From the English town of Devizes... FailureToCommunicate May 2018 #23
I've got one... GetRidOfThem May 2018 #24
an elderly gentleman was growing concerned about his wife's hearing. cab67 May 2018 #25
An elderly gentleman ... Whiskeytide May 2018 #30
Kick red dog 1 May 2018 #27
An Oly joke red dog 1 May 2018 #28
Receptionist goes into psychiatrist's office and says: red dog 1 May 2018 #29
An elderly widower in his 70s tells his friends ... Whiskeytide May 2018 #31
Definitions titaniumsalute May 2018 #32
Ok, one more... N_E_1 for Tennis May 2018 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author benld74 May 2018 #34
Okay, okay... jmowreader May 2018 #35
Okay fine... nolabear May 2018 #36
LOL, saved! dae May 2018 #38
Jack and Charlie were watching a Red Sox game on TV. trof May 2018 #39
I killed the thread? Damn. trof May 2018 #42
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