Retarded grandparents

[starone]

After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school.

One child wrote the following:

We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa.

They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded and
they moved to Batemans Bay where everyone lives in nice little houses,
and so they don't have to mow the grass anymore !
They ride around on their bicycles and scooters and wear name tags
because they don't know who they are anymore..
They go to a building called a wreck center, but they must have got it
fixed because it is all okay now.. They do exercises there, but they
don't do them very well.
There is a swimming pool too, but they all jump up and down in it
with hats on.
At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man sitting in it.
He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak out,
and go cruising in their golf carts !

Nobody there cooks, they just eat out.
And, they eat the same thing every night --- early birds.

Some of the people can't get out past the man in the doll house.
The ones who do get out, bring food back to the wrecked centre
for pot luck.
My Grandma says that Grandpa worked hard all his life to earn his
retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded someday

When I earn my retardment, I want to be the man in the doll house.
Then I will let people out, so they can visit their grandchildren.


Remember to send this to all your "retarded grandparent" friends

[Mick-Talbot]

I'm struggling here ... ?

[Kiki-frog]

Starbuck - after helping my mum nurse my dad through Alzheimer's this is very poignant. My dad definitely got 'retarded'. Very poignant - not sure it belongs in Jokes. But then again, maybe it does....

[starone]

You are both obviously not very old, or rather not as old as me or you would have liked the way the little girl looked at life. It is supposed to be about the little girl, not the grandparents. I am 85 so I do appreciate what you say kiki.

[bednobs]

i also don't really get it - maybe this joke is from america? (rec centre, swimming pool, early bird and pot luck dinners don't really happen all that much here)

[Kiki-frog]

Point taken, Star. I guess it's still a sensitive area for me. But it's still a darn good read. Thanks x

[Mamyalynne]

I took it to mean 'Retired' 'Retirement' misheard by the little girl

[bednobs]

yeah yeah me too - but how many retirement places over here have swimming pools?
Okay, i am over thinking this i know!

[NOX]

I'm with Mama- it's retirement- and it's funny and clearly American. Why is it so hard to understand? I thought it was sweet Star.

[Prudie]

Starby I read it expecting a punchline so understand the confusion. Now I have re-read it in the way I think you meant and understand it as a heartwarming description of a child's view of a retirement community.

[starone]

Well I get them all sent to me by my sister, who lives in Spain and corresponds with people all over the world, via email. As I said before, I like to make people laugh, or even smile, but it doesn't always succeed. Everyone has a different sense of humour. What had me falling off the settee laughing would not amuse my brother one iota.

[Mick-Talbot]

I guessed it was american but I still don't see the joke.

more like a heartwarming little story (as Prudie says)


Now ........ why does google say this was posted 13 hours ago ?

[Mick-Talbot]

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8 answers - 13 hours ago
After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school. One child wrote the following: We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Batemans Bay where ...

[Prudie]

So it does, google must be the oppositie of retarded.