The ukulele totally fits that whole hipster community or whatever you want to call it, but then at the same time it works great in nursing homes where senior citizens get together and play, and then as the traditional Hawaiian instrument with people doing the Hula and strumming the ukulele and singing.
Girls just want to have fun. Well, so do old ladies!
Does anyone find it ironic how a program aimed at old people is called 'Countdown'?
[On her 101-year-old sister and herself, at 103:] We have a lot to do ... People don't understand this. They think we're sitting around in rocking chairs, which isn't at all true. Why, we don't even own a rocking chair.
You said she's a senior? Babe we're ALL crazy.
The golden years are for pussies. We went straight to brass.
As you get older, you have more time on your hands. Some people do croswords and others jigsaws, but I garden.
I used to think I preferred getting old to the alternative, but now I'm not sure. Sometimes the momotony of bingo and sing-alongs and ancient dusty people parked in the hallway in wheelchairs makes me long for death. Particularly when I rememver that I'm one of the ancient dusty people, filed away like some worthless tchotchke.
Sometimes I feel like I am an old person trapped in a young person's body. I'm boring. I go to movies. I read. That's about it.
Valentine's Day is different for old people. At this age I receive chocolates in boxes shaped like artificial hearts.
