My wife and I recently returned from Greece where the highest term of respect, normally reserved for monastery abbots, is geronda – old man. In fact, throughout the history of the world, old age has most often been equated with wisdom, honor, integrity, and esteem. “Respect your elders” was always expected and enforced in the…
From Associate Press, Friday, October 4, 2002 Joke Voted Funniest in the World LONDON – Drum roll, please. An online search for the world’s funniest joke has produced a winner. In a yearlong experiment called LaughLab, a British psychology professor asked thousands of people around the world to rate the humor value of a list…
This is the first “older than dirt” trivia quiz…more links below. When Kaiser asked his Internet audience what else they’d like to see in his columns, many answered “nostalgia” and “trivia.” Always eager to please, he’s writing a column a month for the next few months on nostalgic trivia. Here’s Your Chance to Prove that…
Who says seniors don’t have fun? Seniors are looking for love too. Sun City West‘s residents are complaining about dozens of sightings over the past year of senior citizens engaged in sexual activities out in front of God and everybody. Heavy Groping at Starlite Drive-in Geezers and geezerettes in this Arizona retirement community get it…
This is an article submitted to a 1999 Louisville Sentinel contest to find out who had the wildest Christmas dinner. This won first prize. As a joke, my brother used to hang a pair of pantyhose over his fireplace before Christmas. He said all he wanted was for Santa to fill them. What they say…
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