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One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather, and asked "How old are you grandpa?" The grandfather thought for a momen and said. Well why don't you try and guess. I was born before:"
Television
Penicillin
Polio shots
Frozen foods
Xerox
Contact lenses
Frisbees and
The pill
Credit cards
Laser beams
Ball-point pens
Air conditioners
Dishwashers
Clothes dryers
FM radios
Tape decks
CDs
Electric typewriters
Pizza Hut
McDonald's
Or yogurt."
"So how old do you think I am? I'm 59 years old. "
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Is Grandpa senile? TVs were commercially available since the 1930s and the chemical structure of penicillin was discovered in 1945, although it was used as a treatment even before that. Maybe this joke is just THAT old.
ReplyDeleteGrandpa is 4,500 years old it would seem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoghurt
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