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To think my friend is going to hell

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 16:19

My friend has his own shop where everything is hand made , he makes his own products and stocks hand made products for others as a collective,

He's just text me in a panic , a little old lady came in and bought these .....

He's now worrying in case it's the grandsons xmas present

I think xmas day could be interesting in one house in the north of England 😂🙈

To think my friend is going to hell
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Sharontheodopolodous · 27/10/2023 17:21

When I met dp he warned me not to mention sex,private body parts or anything rude to his parents as they where 'prudish'

100% fair enough-i come from a family who are the the exact opposite

8 years on,I've talked about sex,private body parts and rude stuff with them both (well,until we lost fil)

It turned out they'd just never thought to talk to him about this stuff-he thought they didn't know about things like sex (god knows how he thought he and his sister came along) and that they are more than happy to chat in the right circumstances-they where/are not in any way prudish (looking at you late,darling fil and dear mil is very happy to talk about 'womens problems' with me) and where fully aware of the more 'outlandish' sex acts consenting adults get up to

Neither fainted at a sex act on the tv or seeing a bra strap on a woman

The oldies can teach us some stuff about life/sex-we didn't invent it

This does remind me of the time I mentioned to my mother I needed some gloves for then 5 year old dd

My mother went out and bought some-showed the whole family-nobody noticed that the 'pretty flowers' on them was a massive cannabis leaf

She didn't get to wear them

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 27/10/2023 17:21

If she’s n her80s then she could realistically have a grandson in his late teens/early 20s ( or older) in a same sex relationship…….and he might’ve discussed things with her that he couldn’t with his parents?

Could be a Bad Taste Secret Santa
Or yes maybe she just saw the picture

LeonBlack · 27/10/2023 17:21

My MiL is in her 80s and would realise that it’s an attempt at humour.

She’s not a ‘little old lady’ and would resent that tiresome description.

OldTinHat · 27/10/2023 17:21

What is his shop and can you buy online?! That's all I want to know!

limitedperiodonly · 27/10/2023 17:23

"It was meant to be a lighthearted thread" = the default position of everyone whose crap joke goes wrong.

What on earth do some people think little old ladies in their 80s and even long dead got up to when they were young?

rockinginarockingchair · 27/10/2023 17:23

My ex-neighbour at the time was 77 and she had more dates than me.
She even went clubbing with her gay male friends.
Then out every weekend to the pubs she has a good time all the time.
I still talk to her and she still swinging living life to the full.
She said to me once shes living the life she couldent live before.
Married for decades and she hated it divorce came she said she was reborn.
Shes so funny but so happy.
Not all old people spend their time knitting.

Kingkum86 · 27/10/2023 17:23

It depends on what they did.

PabloandGustheGreySquirrels · 27/10/2023 17:25

Fightyouforthatpie · 27/10/2023 16:49

My "little old lady" Mum (also a granny) bought a rubber stamp that read "bullshit" so she could amuse herself by stamping it on nonsense paperwork.

Hahaha I laughed out loud at this! That's going in my mum's (also elderly & also a grandmother) stocking!

MeinKraft · 27/10/2023 17:26

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 16:43

she was an archetypal little old lady , why the snottiness? I talking about a woman in her 80 s not a woman in her 50s ! A stereotypical "granny. "You know like that bloke puts a wig on and pretends to be in mrs browns boys when it's apparently funny

She might be into rimming yes. In fact I'm sure that must be why she bought them .

My mistake .

The snottiness might be because we have members in their 70s and 80s who would have heard of that joke before some of us were even born?

Namerequired · 27/10/2023 17:26

Brilliant. Older people tend to have the best sense of humours. She could have also just thought it’s a planet scarf, in which case it will become one of those stories they laugh about for years. Win win

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 17:27

Ok I'm sorry my attempt at a humorous thread fell so flat . I apologise . I know my friend very well (hes my best mate and has been for 23 years) and if he felt bad it's probably be he genuinely felt she hadn't read them properly.

It I'm really sorry for stereotyping and my lesson has been learned . I'll get my dunces hat and go sit in the order and think about what I've done .

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SeaPool · 27/10/2023 17:27

I think the 'little old lady' is actually a highly successful astronaut and bought it for the NASA secret Santa. Astronaut humour can be very risque.

AdoraBell · 27/10/2023 17:28

🤣🤣

BalloonSalesperson · 27/10/2023 17:28

When you get to 80 you COMPLETELY FORGET what an anus is. It as if you have lived for 80 WHOLE FUCKING YEARS without ever knowing what an anus is, what a joke is, and you need it to be teensplained to you

Indeed. There's nothing new under the sun. That joke, and that sort of merchandise was doing the rounds at least 50 years ago. I never imagined my parents didn't get it.

Frequency · 27/10/2023 17:29

I used to work in sheltered housing. We had to call the police during one bingo night because two of the little old ladies were trying to batter each other with chairs over a little old man.

Little old ladies are not as innocent as they used to be.

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 17:29

And I agree it's not funny at all . Can someone report my ageist thread please . Im busy chopping my fingers off so I can never cause offence ever again on a forum . Thank you .

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Emptyheadlock · 27/10/2023 17:30

My husbands Gran (aged 80) absolutely trounces us at Cards Against Humanity every Christmas.

And my Gran, now 92, watched Wolf of Wall Street at the cinema. She got it confused with LaLa Land which was out at the same time. But her and her mate, also an octogenarian at the time, stayed and watched it 😮

Couldthiswork · 27/10/2023 17:30

mapleriver · 27/10/2023 17:19

Your post made me giggle and scrolling through the rest of the thread made me miserable🙃

Me too. Thank god most the people I know in real life would just smile at this thread rather than trip over themselves to put the OP down 🙄

StarlightLime · 27/10/2023 17:30

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 17:29

And I agree it's not funny at all . Can someone report my ageist thread please . Im busy chopping my fingers off so I can never cause offence ever again on a forum . Thank you .

What on earth is wrong with you?!

OchonAgusOchonOh · 27/10/2023 17:32

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 17:17

It's a collective so not EVERYTHING is handmade and nor is it advertised as such so again, don't worry .

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From your op...

"My friend has his own shop where everything is hand made, he makes his own products and stocks hand made products for others as a collective"

I was being facetious though.

Coyoacan · 27/10/2023 17:32

I'm an old lady and I can't imagine anyone of my generation or older not understanding the joke

Prescottdanni123 · 27/10/2023 17:35

The idea of some grandmother buying these socks from her grandson at Xmas thinking they were genuinely about Uranus did make me laugh. But I don't think your friend needs to feel guilty. A lot of old ladies (and old men) are as sharp as tacks. My grandmother would have understood that when she was in her eighties. And would have probably gifted them to a family member as a joke.

Foodorder · 27/10/2023 17:35

My little old Granny would have absolutely done that for the giggle. She'd have been all innocent and pretend not to get it with the adults and having a good chuckle with the kids.

She often "pea'd" on the floor.

SeaPool · 27/10/2023 17:36

Here's a joke my 86 year old neighbour told me this morning. Viagra might not make you James Bond, but it certainly makes you Roger Moore.

I bet he'll be wearing those socks by Boxing night.

Wisterical · 27/10/2023 17:36

OP, why do you think that stereotyping people by age is less ignorant than by sex or ethnicity? Or are you cool with those -isms too?