Great Grandparents should NOT be allowed. With a title like Great, it sets up unrealistic expectations for those it is bestowed upon. For those it isn’t, it can breed resentment and insecurity.
“I’m pretty Great,” the grandparent says. “Why does this loser get the title? I deserve it just as much as they do.”
And beware those ambitious grandparents who hunger for more, lest they attempt to become Greater Grandparents.
@ThomasF Survival to become a great- is in itself an accomplishment worthy of title. Besides great grandparent can say to grandparent "You young whippersnapper! Get off my lawn! I brought you into this world, and I can take you out of it!
My husband’s grandma, who was a great grandma to twelve including an 18 yr old, so almost great great when she died this month at 95, decided to stop line dancing around 84 because her younger friends were falling and breaking their hips. She was still driving til 95 and taking walks up to the week she passed. She TOTALLY ROCKED.
I initially thought this question was about the merits of the existence of really, really good (ie. great) grandparents and came here to address that.
As for the actual question… sure, why not? As I’ve aged, I’ve come to realize that I am as old as I feel. Most days, that’s mid-20s to mid-30s. Some days, it is what I’m guessing 120ish might be like, based on what 54 is actually like.
Of course, this sometimes makes me appear to be a creepy older guy.
@baqui63 I have on good authority (my mother) who said, when I asked her what age is old (she had expressed surprise she was old enough to have kids as old as we are) said that you aren’t old until you are 104. So nope you aren’t old. Yet.
A few more years and you’ll have Great Grandparent rappers and hip hop Great Grandma/Grandpa.
@duodec Did you see the old ladies bopping in front of the stage!
Only if they build a city on it first
@alphapeaches
Do Woodstock and Burning Man count?
Joni Mitchell had some thoughts …
Of course…
Yes. Beats sitting at home drooling over a bowl of soup.
I never realized that Colin Mochrie played bass for the Zombies.
I went to see the Four Tops this summer. One of the guys has been a member since 1953. He sat down a lot but was up there doing his best.
@sammydog01 That’s more like a special olympics quote.
Great Grandparents should NOT be allowed. With a title like Great, it sets up unrealistic expectations for those it is bestowed upon. For those it isn’t, it can breed resentment and insecurity.
“I’m pretty Great,” the grandparent says. “Why does this loser get the title? I deserve it just as much as they do.”
And beware those ambitious grandparents who hunger for more, lest they attempt to become Greater Grandparents.
@ThomasF Survival to become a great- is in itself an accomplishment worthy of title. Besides great grandparent can say to grandparent "You young whippersnapper! Get off my lawn! I brought you into this world, and I can take you out of it!
Depends.
/image Depends
Are they cranky?
/giphy crank
@f00l
This is a little closer to home than I would like.
@f00l That’s a pretty big ass gerbil.
I’m going to see Alabama tomorrow. They were born in the '40s. Does that count?
@sammydog01
Can they still count?
I’m betting, yes.
Can they? Should they be allowed?
Am thinking Yes.
(This next was undoubtedly recorded on someone’s phone. It looks like the entire audience was recording the concert on their phones.)
2017
Looks like Keith is wearing a head bandage.
Good choice.
@f00l I dunno mick is moving more like Richard Simmons.
@cranky1950
A bit.
Perhaps it was a low energy night.
Or perhaps he needs a cane.
My husband’s grandma, who was a great grandma to twelve including an 18 yr old, so almost great great when she died this month at 95, decided to stop line dancing around 84 because her younger friends were falling and breaking their hips. She was still driving til 95 and taking walks up to the week she passed. She TOTALLY ROCKED.
I initially thought this question was about the merits of the existence of really, really good (ie. great) grandparents and came here to address that.
As for the actual question… sure, why not? As I’ve aged, I’ve come to realize that I am as old as I feel. Most days, that’s mid-20s to mid-30s. Some days, it is what I’m guessing 120ish might be like, based on what 54 is actually like.
Of course, this sometimes makes me appear to be a creepy older guy.
@baqui63 nah, you’re a creepy younger guy
@baqui63 I have on good authority (my mother) who said, when I asked her what age is old (she had expressed surprise she was old enough to have kids as old as we are) said that you aren’t old until you are 104. So nope you aren’t old. Yet.
@Cerridwyn Thanks, I try.
How did it end? I feel asleep…
@somf69 I dunno they keep guzzling hydroxycut and poofing there bangs.