tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post5111959838083254859..comments2023-10-24T10:51:27.943-05:00Comments on Yo Mama's Blog: Dear Grandpa: You're Awesome. And Old. And Kind Of An Asshole.Miss Yvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17846050528788481201noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-40169902271313826442010-03-15T22:20:58.913-05:002010-03-15T22:20:58.913-05:00This is kind of blogstalky of me, but I hope you&#...This is kind of blogstalky of me, but I hope you'll appreciate it.<br />I went to a writers' meeting this weekend. The presentation topic was 'humor and poetry.'<br />Anyway, one poem, by Ted Kooser made me think of your post about your grandfather.<br />It's called "Father."<br /><br /><br />Father<br />Today you would be ninety-seven<br />if you had lived, and we would all be<br />miserable, you and your children,<br />driving from clinic to clinic,<br />an ancient fearful hypochondriac<br />and his fretful son and daughter,<br />asking directions, trying to read <br />the complicated, fading map of cures.<br />But with your dignity intact<br />you have been gone for twenty years,<br />and I am glad for all of us, although<br />I miss you every day—the heartbeat<br />under your necktie, the hand cupped<br />on the back of my neck, Old Spice<br />in the air, your voice delighted with stories.<br />On this day each year you loved to relate<br />that the moment of your birth<br />your mother glanced out the window<br />and saw lilacs in bloom. Well, today<br />lilacs are blooming in side yards <br />all over Iowa, still welcoming you.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322539753627427466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-60184825231952004002010-03-14T11:22:06.636-05:002010-03-14T11:22:06.636-05:00GOD live for 100 years and you think you can just ...GOD live for 100 years and you think you can just say anything. Old people are so selfish. ;)Amanda @ It's Blogworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14919340979575037179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-30017855488315988862010-03-14T09:53:28.997-05:002010-03-14T09:53:28.997-05:00I don't think I would want to live that long b...I don't think I would want to live that long but he at least sounds like he still gets a kick out of life.Mama Wheatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07517148288044183965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-84270868382090307022010-03-14T09:26:30.640-05:002010-03-14T09:26:30.640-05:00I would get along great with your grandpa.
And, I...I would get along great with your grandpa.<br /><br />And, I wouldn't just up and leave him like that Bitch of a grandma of yours.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425014053974689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-56710953014132574442010-03-13T19:23:22.607-06:002010-03-13T19:23:22.607-06:00Being old and a blood relative, even a close relat...Being old and a blood relative, even a close relative, does not preclude the possibility, nay, likelihood of some old guy being a total flaming douchebag. The determining factor as positive indicator was if he is or was a conservative.sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602609512715740028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-39831190004822926812010-03-13T10:45:43.741-06:002010-03-13T10:45:43.741-06:00Oh you are so going to pay for this post someday. ...Oh you are so going to pay for this post someday. I predict you'll be the victim of a bad batch of Chinese Depends.corticoWhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559817788925682627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-87361579942097487062010-03-13T09:11:47.907-06:002010-03-13T09:11:47.907-06:00It's going to be so fun to be old and get to s...It's going to be so fun to be old and get to say and do anything you want, isn't it? I mean, besides dealing with the whole failing body and stuff.justmakingourwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01410133602131763514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-1352541533301395122010-03-13T08:42:26.591-06:002010-03-13T08:42:26.591-06:00Maybe you could send him a copy of "Going Rog...Maybe you could send him a copy of "Going Rogue." But that might be confusing, because of Sarah being a woman and therefore not a real person. Does that mean if she gets elected that Todd will really be the President? (Or whatever his name is. I didn't bother looking it up.)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11458043604859768732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-55181062571209582982010-03-13T08:32:34.867-06:002010-03-13T08:32:34.867-06:00Old age is largely all about BMs and a constant fl...Old age is largely all about BMs and a constant flow of urine. I know this to be true because I R one! Happy B'Day Asshole!Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13721202924711744684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-82287180514497831302010-03-12T23:18:22.234-06:002010-03-12T23:18:22.234-06:00Wow...a century old. Bottom up to you to ol' ...Wow...a century old. Bottom up to you to ol' coot!The Shitty Astrologerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14830888396349972177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-67132858002607399392010-03-12T15:09:40.484-06:002010-03-12T15:09:40.484-06:00that sounds just like my grandpa, except less angr...that sounds just like my grandpa, except less angry and probably with less hatsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-36122995741131628842010-03-12T14:28:50.601-06:002010-03-12T14:28:50.601-06:00Wow. Happy birthday to your grandpa.
I pray I&...Wow. Happy birthday to your grandpa. <br /><br />I pray I'm never that old.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816741133777543843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-79260107844716758052010-03-12T12:59:54.211-06:002010-03-12T12:59:54.211-06:00Hahaha, what a guy your grandpa is! Actually, I r...Hahaha, what a guy your grandpa is! Actually, I reserve the right to be a cranky old fucker when I'm 100. If you reach 99 years old you've earned the grouch badge. Plus old people just seem to get away with everything. I plan on calling people pigfuckers and being as mean and spiteful as I can when I'm 99 just because I can.<br /><br />Actually no, I'll be senile and sit in a chair all day peeing myself and listening to that Russian guy going Lololo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-28109604375055382622010-03-12T12:14:37.523-06:002010-03-12T12:14:37.523-06:00100! Well, now! That's a celebration! Happy Bi...100! Well, now! That's a celebration! Happy Birthday, Mr. Miss-Yvonne's-middle-name!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322539753627427466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-30992273872004177342010-03-12T11:54:31.021-06:002010-03-12T11:54:31.021-06:00Good times indeed. Congrats to Grandpa for making ...Good times indeed. Congrats to Grandpa for making it to 100 though!Soda and Candyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12935596856894830824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-56146177991704385212010-03-12T11:02:03.499-06:002010-03-12T11:02:03.499-06:00Wow! By the title of your post, I thought you kne...Wow! By the title of your post, I thought you knew my dad. Old people rock. Can't you just wait to be 99? <br /><br />Jugs!!Green-Eyed Momsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10175981627284967050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-64067915002574023992010-03-12T10:50:12.788-06:002010-03-12T10:50:12.788-06:00This reminds me of going to visit my husband's...This reminds me of going to visit my husband's 90-year-old grandma in her nursing home and having her 90-year-old-boy-toy tell me all about how they've been "luvahs" for quite some time.<br /><br />*gag*<br /><br />Ahh, old people!kate sweetenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05456543724486391157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-68374526939129948812010-03-12T10:05:43.167-06:002010-03-12T10:05:43.167-06:00You mean estrogen doesn't cure prostrate cance...You mean estrogen doesn't cure prostrate cancer?? Oh man.dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16084010090761068139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-4067298173839389122010-03-12T09:14:33.419-06:002010-03-12T09:14:33.419-06:00Happy birthday, Miss Yvonne's grandpa! I can&#...Happy birthday, Miss Yvonne's grandpa! I can't wait till I get old. Then I would really have an excuse to hold nothing back!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11575553396396299732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4216076627715549244.post-42578694109864594352010-03-12T08:49:34.430-06:002010-03-12T08:49:34.430-06:00Ah, old people. Who would pass on racism and consp...Ah, old people. Who would pass on racism and conspiracy theories if they weren't around...Logical Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00107961721466815295noreply@blogger.com