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Funny things the elderly say!


AnonyMouse_19762

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So we have a thread for 'Funny things children say' - thought we should have one for the elderly! :1b

 

My dear old mum comes out with some real 'gems' (she is 91)........so here is today's offering

 

Mum: I was wondering love, about your computer

Me: Yes mum, what about it?

Mum: Well I didn't know, can you get the weather on yours, or is that just some computers?

Me: Hmmmm - yes mum it's on the internet

Mum: Oh right so you can get it?

Me: Yes mum what do you want to know

Mum: Oh nothing I was wondering that's all.......

 

Made me smile - so I thought I would share :1b

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.......and have you?! xD

 

No!!!

 

I don't do facebook at the best of times - although I do have an account (and quite a few 'friends pending')

..........................and to be honest I'm not sure about the etiquette of commenting on a spouses death (the cousins) on facebook.

 

I have sent said cousin an email. :1b

 

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I have a suspicion that my mum has been twiddling with the timer on the boiler. She has been complaining that the heating is going off before she goes to bed but then it is on and hot in the middle of the night. She said that it was okay though as she has taken her electric heater upstairs to put on in the bedroom to keep it warm until she goes to sleep. My sister was due to go over and I said I would mention it to her so she could check what the problem was.

 

Mum: No problem at all, the little heater works fine.

Me: Yes, but it's more expensive to use than the central heating.

Mum: What do you mean?

Me: The electric heater costs more because it uses a lot of electricity.

Mum (outraged): How will they know I'm using it? Can they see in my bedroom?

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Oh dear....... I might be turning into my mum! :blink:

 

Half-term for me, and Mr S has decided to take a few days too.........so we've been off to the garden centre (oh yes we know how to live xD no end of excitement in this house xD )

 

So........driving back I noticed this row of bare Poplar trees and said............"wow look at those nests in those trees they are really unusual"........to which came the reply.......

 

"They are very unusual that's Mistletoe" xD

 

Well how was I meant to know :ph34r:xD :lol: xD

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Here's a quote following a brief 'google

 

The main host plants are apple, hawthorn, lime and poplar trees, although mistletoe is occasionally seen on maple, sycamore, willow, crab apples, false acacia, ash, oak, plum, rowan and even cotoneaster.

 

That's from a 'how to grow it' guide in the Telegraph

 

So there we go, learn something new every day!

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