An adage from my old neighborhood was that: 'You don't fight old men or junkies because neither has anything to lose.'

This was brought up after an old guy with a artificial leg took it off and beat a mugger to death. The state wanted to prosecute but blanched when the guy told the judge that to him jail would be 'three hots and cot', three meals a day and a warm place to sleep, and free health care.

Don't know who said this, but:

"Youth is a gift of nature -
Age is a work of art."

Nurit

"..."Don't pick a fight with an old man. We have nothing to loose, and will just go ahead and kill you."..."

When I was still working, I used a slight variation of that many times on young guys covered with jailhouse tattoos and bulging muscles. Never had to fight (or shoot) one, so I guess it worked...

Quote from 'Frasier'

Frasier: "I'm not middle aged, that's 50, or 55"
Niles: "Sure; if you live to 110!"

The Sock

I have always been fond of:

For a mountain, I am not yet begun.
For a fly, I am incomparably ancient.
For me, I am just right.

We won't even get into what you can't see in the picture...


Warning: True story not for the faint-hearted:


When I was in nursing school I was helping an patient transfer from bed to chair, he was in his 90's.

When I sat him up on the side of the bed, he recoiled in discomfort saying "oh, oh, oh!"

I asked him if he had pulled his abdominal incision, he replied "no, I'm sitting on my balls! The damned things just get in the way sometimes... I should just cut them off and be done with it...."

Reminds me of a Saturday Night Live skit!!