(this is not a personal attack on my own grandmother, just a reason as to why i'm going to rant about the old.)
the first thing i've noticed is that whenever you talk to old people and you ask them a question, for example:
'do you know where that new restaurant in town is?' the moment you then answer the question they'll immediately reply with 'NO!' or
'OH!'
in a really exagerated way, even if the don't really care about what you're talking about.
the next odd thing is their incredible ability to include people you don't know into a conversation. 'do you know Arthur', you don't. you clearly don't. you probably don't even
live in the same town any more, just so it seems obvious that you wouldn't know their old boring friend!
but still they ask. whether you answer yes or no they still then go along the same line, there is no difference to what they were going to say whatsoever. i'm convinced that these
friends don't even exist and the old person just lies for a while about something that may or may not have happened for a while.
i bet you though that if this friend of theirs does exist they'll constantly be the victim of 'you know
and nothing ever happens in the old persons life at all because they spend all there time asking if people know who other people are.
the next odd thing is the inventions given to old people to help them with their daily lives, the stair lift for example. if the old person is well enough to need to travel up the stairs enough to do things on different levels, they clearly don't need it
what was wrong with old people living in bungalows, that was so much easier!
however, stair lifts do give me much enjoyment, for example if you stop the down button from working in some way you can trap your old person at the top of the stairs, this means you know longer have to watch the cookery shows on TV in the living room, as they're
not around to complain. you're also free from 'you know Mildred?'
NO! i bloody well don't!
if you're an old person who's managed to come on the internet to read my blog. well done
This is just a generalisation of old people, with no disrespect to your grandmother in particular, but surely they always reply with "NO" or "UGH" because they can't hear you, or they misinterpret what you say; for example, if you say "do you know where that new restaurant in town is?" they might think you're saying "do you know that internet in the computer, yeh?", which would confuse any person, regardless of their age.
ReplyDeleteAnd most old people spend their time talking to other old people, in which case they will ultimately have to break an awkward silence with "Do you know Doris?" as it's the only remotely effective conversation starter that they can think of.
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