Old Men are Great!

I don't know what it is about elderly men that makes them so darn funny to me. And when I say elderly, I mean 70+. It's like they've lived their life, they have all this wisdom, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is.

There are two bathrooms in the building that I work. One is really close to me, and the other is about a 3 minute walk away. I eat breakfast at my desk every morning at around 8:30. I always clean my milk cup out in the bathroom before eating. About half of the time, the cleaning lady is in the bathroom nearest me, and it is closed while she cleans. So I have to walk to the other one. I went to clean the cup just now, and there she was, in there cleaning. So off to the other bathroom I went.

I walk in, and this old man is standing in front of the sink. I start cleaning my cup and he says to me, "D@mn hair, it all falls out when you're my age. There's three d@mn hairs on the top of my head, and they're all sticking straight up like a d@mn porcupine, and I can't get the d@mn things to lay down." While saying this, he is wetting his hand and trying to wet the 3 hairs.

I just smiled and said, "yeah, I guess that is aggravating. But that's all right."

I finish cleaning, and start drying it with paper towels. Then he said, "I work on the other d@mn end of this building, and every time I have to take a crap, the d@mn cleaning lady is in there, and I have to walk all the way down here squeezing my cheeks together."

I tried as hard as I could not to burst out in uncontrollable laughter. I held up pretty well, and said, "yeah, I work down there too, and I had to walk all the way down here just to clean my cup out."

He walked out the door and I lost it. I laughed all the way back to my desk. What a great way to start out the day.