some jokes/sayings about growing old

1. My wife still gets orgasms – unfortunately she gets them from shopping.. Ed Fischer
2. Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week..
A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing..
She goes Tuesdays; I go Fridays.. Henry Youngman
3. You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.. George Burns
4. It was a major operation – they removed my savings account, my car, my house….
5. I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.. Fred Allen
6. Happiness is good health and bad memory.. Ingrid Bergman
7. Wrinkles are hereditary. You get them from your kids.. Erma Bombeck
8. Old people shouldn’t eat health food. They need all the preservatives they can get.. Anonymous

Author: Inez Lim

Am interested in keeping fit and travelling and would like to meet like minded people.

13 thoughts on “some jokes/sayings about growing old”

  1. Here’s something I have learnt about getting older; and it frightens the shit out of me.

    When I listen to someone older than me, I sometimes get the feeling that what he is telling me is true; but then this old man has been repeating the same to me over the last many years. I now have doubts; and I worry of following his footsteps when I reach 78.

    Terence Seah

  4. Dear Friends

    Last week was my 66th birthday and my receipe for not feeling old is
    (1) maintain a healthy lifestyle
    (2) get rid off emotional baggage
    (3) be content with your current situation
    (4) maintain communication with relatives and friends and if the
    occassion warranted, talk with strangers
    Being a Peranakan I was brought up strictly and both grandmothers
    forbade me from mixing with non-Peranakans but not with the
    non-Chinese Sporeans. Very fortunately, I was by nature characterised
    with a “sunny” disposition which blossomed steadily after the death of
    my maternal granny in 1984 whilst my paternal granny departed in 1972.

    Regards
    Abel Tan

  5. Hi Abel

    Boleh panjang panjang umor and many happy returns!

    I am also your age and a 100% Peranakan to boot… but I didn’t have the privilege of having two grandmothers to discipline and advise me in my younger days.

    However, I don’t ever recall that my cousins or myself were ever told not to mix with the Chinese kids by my grandmother or parents. Even more so when you live in a kampong, you’d mix with all the kids around. I am sure your grandmothers must have had a valid reason.

    Anyway, your “sunny” disposition which blossomed steadily… and your philosophy on life are admirable. Keep smiling!

  7. Wah Brother Kenneth,
    I have not heard people wish “panjang panjang umur” for ages. Btw, happy belated birthday wish to Brother Abel.
    I grew up as a peranakan girl in Malacca and so many peranakan traditions have been lost since I came to study in Singapore. My older relatives one by one sudah tak ada…can someone organize something peranakan like ronggeng, dondang sayang, makan session with tok panjang??? The last time we had a peranakan fashion show was a few years back.
    Thanks.

  9. Hi Kenneth & Laura,

    Kenneth dulu ya Laura………….Ken, as a Peranakan Bertapis, trust you comprehend the following “Toksah champor sama siGerk, aiee kusmangat
    dia orang mia kasair, chakap terpekek-pekek, bersorak-sorak, habis kurang mandi sehkor-sehkor berbahu, sama berchiakak lagi” criticisms of both grandmothers towards the non-Peranakan Chinese, albeit we were in return criticised with OCTC-Orang Cheena taktau chakap cheena” Both grannies were behind their backs chided by relatives as “Kaywat sekali”

    Laura, amboey Nya ni dari Jalan Hang Jebat(Heeren Road). Cher-kay-kow Abel sudah pindah lah from 2002/3 to Bangsar, KL. Yah Laura, manyak Baba Nyonya Melaka ada terselet disini. Kalu senang Laura tohlong kompolkan kita boleh main cherki.

    Now, an invitation is extended to Kenneth & spouse and Laura & spouse to my Gunong Sayang Association National Day Ronggeng party on 9/8/13,
    Time:12noon-5pm Venue: No.50, Lorong 24A, Geylang

    Regards
    Abel Tan

  10. Hi Baba Abel
    Terima kasih jemput saya …please email details to me at laurawee@hotmail.com. Saya ada ramai baba nyonya semua tunggu tunggu nak ronggeng dan joget. Kaki kami semua sudah gatal nak rentak rentak…hahaha…

    Hi Inez,
    I admit I am a poor organizer… too busy “cari makan” meaning earning a living. Let’s join Abel’s ronggeng party first ok?

    Thanks
    Laura

  11. Dear Abel, Kenneth and Laura
    Forgive me – I’m no Peranakan – and therefore unable to understand most of the above comments.. :(
    Perhaps you can start a separate thread or organise an event to educate the non-Peranakans to know more about this unique group – the food, dressing, dancing etc??
    Please consider? :)
    inez

  12. Banyak terima kasi (thanks very much) Abel for your kind invitation… to the Gunong Sayang ronggeng party. (Ronggeng is a Malay-origin dance which was very popular during the early 50’s in the cabarets at The Happy World, New World and Great World entertainment parks).

    Unfortunately I am now nursing a very sore, sprained back… so the very thought of moving (even to a slow-pace dance like the ronggeng) is far from my mind.

    But August is still some way off… so there could be a chance!

    Hi Inez

    You may have some difficulty understanding the patois of the Peranakans so I will put in some translation or brief explanation in my comments.
    Peranakan or Baba Malay is corrupted Malay mixed with Hokkien… best explained as an evolved lingua franca to facilitate communication (and trade) between the Malay, Indian and Chinese trader communities in the early Straits Settlements (Malacca, Penang and Singapore).

    The first Peranakans were possibly the progeny of early Hokkien Chinese male immigrants who, because of the lack of Chinese womenfolk then, inter-married with the local indigenous women (another subject altogether) and hence the ‘mother tongue’ was born.

    Sorry for the long discourse… I know we should put up a separate post and, maybe we should…

    Haha, Laura… you know where this is leading to: I am suggesting that you put up a Peranakan post and let’s bring together the Babas and Nyonyas in the SHC be it for ronggeng, makan or main cherki ( a favourite card game rather like ‘see sek’)!

  13. Sorry kenneth to disappoint you but I am too busy “cari makan” earning a living. As for peranakan activities, I will find out from my other peranakan friends and any peranakan here can email me at laurawee@hotmail.com if they are interested. There are 2 upcoming events, one is Mother’s Day dinner or lunch (not sure) going for $52++ at Roxy Mercure on May 11 and another is dinner with ronggeng at Concorde Hotel but no dates known yet.
    As for the card game of cherki, I dont know how to play though I have seen my late paternal grandmother “gambled” on that game, I vouched not to have anything to do with cherki.
    Sorry guys, I dare not put up a Peranakan post on SHC as I have nothing to offer at the moment. Sekali bapak Terence meleteh sama saya…mampus gua…kus semangat….

    Regards
    Laura

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