No Joke: Sense of Humor Declines With Age

A new psychology study at Washington University was no laughing matter: It found that older adults may have a harder time getting jokes because of an age-related decline in certain memory and reasoning abilities.

The research suggested that because older adults may have greater difficulty with cognitive flexibility, abstract reasoning and short-term memory, they also have greater difficulty with tests of humor comprehension.

A crack in the stem of your Cervelo is not funny!

And there's nothing with my cognitive reasoning, abstract flixibility and........wait one, I've got to go back and reread your post.........

Some gal on a bike was wearing high heals. Wow!

Eeeew. I always think those candid camera shots are creepy. I keep thinking about the guy taking the photos... some peeping tom with his spy camera in a fake bagel.

Same here!!!!!:) F'em if thay can't take a joke.:D

This is funny: Some guy turned 100 here in the Twin Cities. They asked him what his secret to longevity was and he said, "Mind your own business and hard work."

Do we know for a fact that the photogs are guys? Couldn't they be equally creepy women?:eek:

I hadn't read this thread before. Who's the stick-in-the-mud who took it down? That is a great story.

LOL! Not Likely! What was the name of that guy who would skooch next to Carol Burnett on the park bench? That's* the guy with a camera in his bagel.

Well it goes like this.
1. :DPosted joke.
2. :eek:Read post taking offense at joke.
3. :mad:Edit post removing said joke. (it was late, I was tired and a little grumpy)
4. :rolleyes:Recieved PM explaining post taking offense was a sarcastic response to other posts being moved.
5. :oSaw the sarcasm which I had completely missed. (I can be a litle thick at times, just ask my wife).
6. ;)All was explained by "offended resonder"
7. :pHad some fun with the thread.
8. :)Ate pie and went to bed.

Later Hoss

Artists are so misunderstood...

Minding my own business and working hard are the two least likely things for me to accomplish on a given day. :eek:

No wonder my life is such a mess... :o

Huh?

You're thinking of Tyrone F. Horneigh (Arte Johnson) and Gladys Ormphby (Ruth Buzzi) on Laugh-In, I think. In a typical exchange, Tyrone would accost Gladys and ask, "Do you believe in the hereafter?" Gladys would respond, "Of course I do!" Delighted, Tyrone would shoot back, "Then you know what I'm here after!" and Gladys would whack him with her purse.

Oh! yes! It was Laugh-in! You bet your bippy it was. Was his name really Horneigh??? :D Did you remember that or did you have to look it up?

So, just how is "Horneigh" pronounced? ;)

I think it rhymes with bootay...

Guy walks into a bar and sees the piano being played by a 12" tall pianist and is just awestruck. The little guy is running back and forth on the bench and pounding out song after song.

After he regains his composure he walks up to the bar and orders a beer and starts talking to the bartender and asks where the 12" tall pianist came from.

Got him from a Genie says the bartender.

Where's the genie says the patron?

In the bottle on the shelf, comes the reply.

Can I borrow the Genie says the patron?

Too dangerous. Waaay too dangerous.

The patron leans over and grabs the bottle before he can be stopped and runs out the back door.

A few minutes later he stumbles back into the bar covered in blood and feathers.

Oh my God, I opened the bottle and the Genie pops out and asks if I want a wish granted and I said I wanted it to rain bucks. The next thing I know ducks are falling out of the sky. Hundreds and hundreds of the things. What a bloody mess.

The bartender looks over and says....do you really think I asked for a 12" pianist?