12 Funny Stories That Prove Older People Can Have Great Humor

Getting older can bring some funny moments into the lives of the family. Like it happened in the following examples, in which grandparents made everyone laugh with their hilarious lines and unexpected reactions.

• Grandmother gets a missed call from a private number.
  “That must be the cell phone provider ringing me to let me know my battery is low!” © MrSnare / Reddit
• My Grandmother once asked what time the gang bang show was on. After a minute or so, we realized she was talking about The Big Bang Theory. © thetruthisrelative / Reddit
• Some of us were sitting at the kitchen table coloring and doing fun craft things. Grandma is walking through the kitchen, her feet shufflin’, and all of a sudden she rips the most gigantic fart that I’m pretty sure blew off some skin.
  We all start laughing, and she turns to look at us with these sad eyes—the sadness is magnified by her thick-rimmed glasses, and she says, “Oh, did you hear that?”
  “Yeah, Grandma.”
  “Oh.”
  And then she continues shufflin’. © Kibibitz / Reddit

• I was cooking for my Grandpa because they didn’t want him using the stove on his own. I would cook for him and leave it in containers for him to heat up in the microwave when I went to work. I came home one day and asked if he had eaten.
  G-pa: “Yeah. Well, I ate everything, but the grass.”
  Me: “... What?”
  G-pa: “THE GRASS. I ATE EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE GRASS.”
  Me: “GRASS?”
  G-pa: huffs, puffs, and walks to the trash can to reveal the mystery grass “GRASS. THIS IS TERRIBLE. I’ve never eaten this thing before, so why should I start now?”
  Me: “It’s broccoli, Grandpa.”
  G-pa: “Oh, I knew that. Well, just, no more of that, ok?” © Unknown author / Reddit
• We were at my grandparents’ for lunch, my younger sister sitting between them, and my Grandad looked at her and said, “You look sad, what’s the matter?”
  And Nan turned to her and said, “Did you look in the mirror?” © GiantCrazyOctopus / Reddit
• I remember complimenting my grandmother on her stuffing she makes for the Christmas turkey.
  Me: “Grandmother, I don’t know what you do, but your stuffing is the best I have ever tasted.”
  Grandmother: “It’s because I spit in it.” © tilley77 / Reddit

• Grandma: Wow, these people in this magazine are so fit! They must have really high metal-ball-ism!
  Me/sister: You mean metabolism?
  Grandma: Oh, yeah. © omgrawr1 / Reddit
• I was playing Scategories a few years back with my Italian grandmother. The letter was “R” and the category was “Animals.”
  Me: “I put down Rhino.”
  Grandma: “Rangatang.”
  Me: “... A what?”
  Grandma: “Rangatang. You know. Like the monkeys.”
  Me: “Grandma, that’s orangutan. With an ’o’.”
  She didn’t believe me and got really offended. © cheese_teets / Reddit
• My Grandmother, my sister, and I were eating at Ruby Tuesday when I was in high school, and I asked my Grandmother what my Paw Paw was doing that weekend. She said loudly, “Oh, he has a ménage à trois with some of his buddies.” My sister and I just froze in horror, and people from other tables turned and gave us stares.
  My Grandma continued eating her salad as if nothing had happened. I was torn between asking her if she knew what ménage à trois meant and the fear of finding out that my Paw Paw was actually getting it on with two of his buddies. But I finally asked her, and she said, “It’s French for playing golf!” © Unknown author / Reddit

• My nan and grandad had been married for 60 years, so I asked her what the secret was to a long, happy marriage of 60 years. Her response: “I couldn’t tell you, I’ve been annoyed for 59 of them.” I could not contain myself. © xGiraffex / Reddit
• 15 minutes ago, I was on the phone with a 74-year-old customer. I said, “Alright, I sent you the email, and you can make the payment at your convenience.”
  He responds, quick as a whip, “Well, I’m headed out on a date right now. So, if you’re lucky, I’ll make the payment tonight. But if I’m lucky, I won’t be home until the morning.” © IAmTheDayman1 / Reddit
• I stopped at a park once to make a call on my phone. It was hot, so I had the windows down. This guy pulls into a space in front of me, blasting some rap music with heavy-duty subs pounding. An oldish white guy was sitting on a bench right there, and I saw him stand when that guy pulled up.
  I thought he was going to go yell at the kid to turn the music down. But he just stands there and starts beatboxing with the music. He wasn’t very good at it, but that was one of the coolest and funniest things I’ve ever seen. © Cupelix14 / Reddit

Children can say funny things as well, so if you’re looking for more entertainment, check out our 15 Times Kids Accidentally Delivered the Perfect Punchline collection.