Retirees are Funny?

should we be telling jokes about chickens and hippos.

Blonde DD thought DH's blonde joke was very good.

Two men were trying to measure the height of a pole with a steel tape, but the tape would keep bending and falling before they could reach the top of the pole.
A blonde woman comes by and asks "what are you guys trying to do?"
They tell her "we're trying to find the height of this pole, but our tape measure keeps bending before it gets to the top."
The woman points to the base of the pole and says "see that pin there? if you pull out that pin, you can lay the pole down to the ground and then measure it"
They pull the pin, lower the pole to the ground. the blonde woman grabs the tape and measures the pole.
"12 feet, 6 inches" she says proudly, and walks away.
"Typical blonde" says one man to the other "we ask her for the height and she gives us the length"

Of course, that is a sexist joke and negatively stereotypical

No it doesn't lose anything. It's good.

Ha ha!!
I thought it was going to be about us when it began as we often share a meal and ask for a second plate. We draw the line at teeth though ..... but it's an idea.
So little to laugh at these days. Keep 'em coming.
I like the hippo joke.

I couldn't imagine you'd have a sense of humour Maryeliza.
Boom boom !

Most people don't get the hippo joke - all I can say is its the incongruity of two hippos saying something so mundane that it's not unusual for humans to say to each other. Hmmmmm it loses something in the explanation.

The chicken one is good.

No MaryE. Tell me!!!

I get the chicken joke, but the hippo??

I think GG that jokes don’t work if they have to be explained - you either get them or you don’t.

Here’s another - saw it in a card shop last week. Two chickens, one holding a recipe book with two eggs in front of her on the ground a few centimetres apart says to the other ‘ this meringue recipe says to separate two eggs but it doesn’t say how far ‘ Boom boom

I don't understand that joke.

Meaning?

Explains a lot.

Two hippopotami wallowing in mud, one says to the other "I keep thinking today is Tuesday' Boom boom

Maryeliza54 give us an example of something that appeals to your sense of humour?

It depends what you're laughing at - I think jokes that rely on negative stereotypes of specific groups are rarely if ever funny. My sense of humour isn't based on or related to my my age ( or my gender or disability for that matter)

Made me laugh! I think it's important to not take ourselves too seriously, sometimes.

Disagree GG

Thread title could be better though.

It's neither of those things.

Horrible - not funny at all - ageist and pathetic

On a par with blonde jokes, Essex jokes, normal for Norfolk jokes.
“Jokes” [ confused]

Made me laugh too, especially the first one. Share and share alike.

(especially the second one)

Think I have lost my sense of humour :{