Parachute Club
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 11:57 pm
Senior Parachute Club
Yesterday my daughter called me, again, asking why I didn't do something useful with my time. "Like sitting around the pool, drinking beer isn't a good thing?" I asked.
Talking about my doing something useful seems to be her favorite topic of conversation lately.
She is "only thinking of me," she said, and suggested, I go down to the Senior Center and hang out with the fellas. So, I did and when I got home, I decided to play a prank on her.
I sent her an e-mail saying that I had joined the Senior Parachute Club. She replied, "Are you nuts? You're 83-years-old and now you're going to start jumping out of airplanes?"
I told her that I already have my Membership Card and e-mailed a copy to her.
Immediately, she phoned me and yelled, "Good grief, Dad ! Where are your glasses ?! This is a membership to a Prostitute Club, not a Parachute Club."
"Oh man, am I in trouble," I said. "I signed up for five jumps a week!"
The line went dead.
Life as a Senior Citizen isn't getting any easier, but sometimes it can be fun.
Yesterday my daughter called me, again, asking why I didn't do something useful with my time. "Like sitting around the pool, drinking beer isn't a good thing?" I asked.
Talking about my doing something useful seems to be her favorite topic of conversation lately.
She is "only thinking of me," she said, and suggested, I go down to the Senior Center and hang out with the fellas. So, I did and when I got home, I decided to play a prank on her.
I sent her an e-mail saying that I had joined the Senior Parachute Club. She replied, "Are you nuts? You're 83-years-old and now you're going to start jumping out of airplanes?"
I told her that I already have my Membership Card and e-mailed a copy to her.
Immediately, she phoned me and yelled, "Good grief, Dad ! Where are your glasses ?! This is a membership to a Prostitute Club, not a Parachute Club."
"Oh man, am I in trouble," I said. "I signed up for five jumps a week!"
The line went dead.
Life as a Senior Citizen isn't getting any easier, but sometimes it can be fun.