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[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)
  1. This is such an old man answer
  2. This is such an English old man answer
  3. Considering what he’s lived through, “avoid dying” is pretty solid advice, and only a little bit tongue-in-cheek.
[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Considering what he’s lived through

Margaret Thatcher?

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Among… some other things.

[–] Nurgus@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

England's oldest man is 42 and looking goooood.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Wisdom truly comes with age.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dodge, dip, duck, dive, and dodge!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kick! Punch! It's all in the mind!

If ya wanna test me, I'm sure you'll find...

The things I teach ya, are sure to beat'cha!

Never the less, you get a lession from teacha! Now!

Kick!

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

You need to be over 100 to get this reference.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Harder for some than others.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 1 points 11 months ago

If you fail, you don't have to worry about it anymore.

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I recently leaned a lot of these "oldest people" are not who they say they are, are much younger, and are involved in pension fraud. Especially when birth records from 100+ years ago didn't necessarily exist.

Kinda ruined all these wholesome stories for me.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

I'm sure some of them are as you say, but surely a few news stories we hear about oldest person are true.

Either way, I like to pretend I will live a long, healthy, and fulfilled life till I'm 155, so please don't ruin that for me. Thank you.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Grandpa jokes

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just like the secret to flying.

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Well not exactly, to fly, you don't need to avoid falling, you just need to make sure you avoid the ground when you fall.

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 6 points 11 months ago
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Someone on another forum I'm on shared us two photos- him in the 90s and him today, to show that he has had no hair since high school.

But he also looked exactly the same age.

He told us the secret was to not start aging until you're ready.

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

He is trolling the dead.

[–] r0bi 3 points 11 months ago

Big if true.

[–] henfredemars 3 points 11 months ago

So far so good

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

The trick is to keep breathing.

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Pssh I've been not dying for 38 years and I'm still not the world's oldest man

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

that is top notch british humour for you gentlemen

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Make this guy head of EHHS

[–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

A saying where I'm from goes something like: "To get old, eat soup for 100 years."