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Sun 22 Apr, 2007 06:21 pm
These are some cute things someone sent me... sorry about all the >>s - I'm too lazy to remove them all.
> > My young grandson called the other day to wish me
> > Happy Birthday.
> > He asked me how old I was, and I told him, "62."
> > He was quiet for a moment, and then he asked,
> > "Did you start at 1?
> >
> > * * * * *
> >
> > After putting her grandchildren to bed, a
> > grandmother changed into old
> > slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded
> > to wash her hair.
> > As she heard the children getting more and more
> > rambunctious, her
> > patience grew thin.
> > At last she threw a towel around her head and
> > stormed into their room,
> > putting them back to bed with stern warnings.
> > As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old
> > say with a trembling
> > voice, "Who was THAT?"
> >
> > * * * * *
> >
> > A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter
> > what her own childhood
> > was like: "We used to skate outside on a pond. I
> > had a swing made from a
> > tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We
> > rode our pony. We picked
> > wild raspberries in the woods."
> > The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this in.
> > At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know
> > you sooner!"
> >
> > * * * * *
> >
> > My grandson was visiting one day when he asked,
> > "Grandma, do you know how
> > you and God are alike?"
> > I mentally polished my halo while I asked, "No,
> > how are we alike?"
> > "You're both old," he replied.
> >
> > * * * * *
> >
> > I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her
> > colors yet, so I
> > decided to test her.
> > I would point out something and ask what color it
> > was.
> > She would tell me, and always she was correct.
> > But it was fun for me, so I continued.
> > At last she headed for the door, saying sagely,
> > "Grandma, I think you
> > should try to figure out some of these yourself.
> >
> > * * **
> >
> > When my grandson asked me how old I was, I
> > teasingly replied, "I'm not
> > sure."
> > "Look in your underwear, Grandma," he advised.
> > "Mine says I'm four to
> > six."