What do we call the old folks?

[flying_babyb]

Well, Ive never gotten money but last time I got : A bookmark, a peice of candy, some ABC gum and a ball of kleenex. Then again I was being flocked by four little ones all yelling "MONKEY QUEEEN, we wanna see ampa (grandmpa) Joe

 

[legalsea]

Well, Ive never gotten money but last time I got : A bookmark, a peice of candy, some ABC gum and a ball of kleenex. Then again I was being flocked by four little ones all yelling "MONKEY QUEEEN, we wanna see ampa (grandmpa) Joe

Hmm. Bookmark? Candy? Gum? Even kleenex? Sounds good to me! I'm very easy to satisfy concerning 'free stuff'.

 

[legalsea]

Let us see, if a gathering of whales is called a pod; a gathering of crows is called a murder (true!); a gathering of geese would be called a gander…

What do you call a gathering of elderly people?

The first great answer gets an authentic Dancing Pickle!

I thought of one:

BINGO HALL!

 

[imabrat]

Face to face - Sir and Ma'am.
Out of their presence - Older woman/man.
I, too am getting sick of this PC crap.

Hi, I'm 16 and I get annoyed when someone calls me or my friends teenagers. We prefer to be called 'young adults'.


Get real people!

Life Experienced Citizens

And I did get yelled at by a PARENT for referring to our middle schoolers as "children". Apparently I am supposed to call them "students" and not children.

ETA - This post is meant in jest. Please do not be offended.

 

[Stitchfans]

Face to face - Sir and Ma'am.
Out of their presence - Older woman/man.
I, too am getting sick of this PC crap.

Hi, I'm 16 and I get annoyed when someone calls me or my friends teenagers. We prefer to be called 'young adults'.


Get real people!

In my earlier post I also said I was tired of this PC crap. My exact words yes. As you just said you are also. Then you tell us to get real people.

I always refer to people your age as teenagers. That is what you are along with being young adults. If you were truly sick of this PC crap being called a teenager really wouldn't bother you then.

I've been called all sorts of things. Some that can't be repeated on this board. I let it go in one ear and out the other. I know I am a middle aged woman, a 50+ woman, older woman, and whatever. Who cares?

 

[imabrat]

In my earlier post I also said I was tired of this PC crap. My exact words yes. As you just said you are also. Then you tell us to get real people.

I always refer to people your age as teenagers. That is what you are along with being young adults. If you were truly sick of this PC crap being called a teenager really wouldn't bother you then.

I've been called all sorts of things. Some that can't be repeated on this board. I let it go in one ear and out the other. I know I am a middle aged woman, a 50+ woman, older woman, and whatever. Who cares?

Oh no, I'm sorry. The whole post was meant in jest. I'm terribly sorry.

 

[Stitchfans]

Oh no, I'm sorry. The whole post was meant in jest. I'm terribly sorry.

No need to apologize. No harm done really. Just was a little confused, You set me straight.

 

[wall*e2008]

Old Farts

 

[flying_babyb]

A group of old people? Geratric? ummm Moldy oldies? On that note, I Call my grandma and her freinds " The moldy Oldies," BUT there ok with it, its actully a joke now. There talking about starting a bowling team (keep in mind, my grandmother is 70 and can hardly walk, her freind is 80 and has a bad back, and there other freind is overweight, walks with a walker and cant hear). Its humoris (sp) to think of them bowling.

 

[delilah]

When I was a new doctor starting out in practice, the daughter of one of my patients very nearly "ripped me a new one" because I referred to her mom as "old". Her mom, were she still alive, would be 101 today, and at the time, she was 85. Her daughter, herself, is old enough to be my mom, and, since I have been in practice myself for 17 years, I am not "young". So, I guess the new "middle age" covers the ages from about 35 (when somebody referred to me as such) to over 85.

I guess it comes down to that most people don't like to think of themselves as "old". If you poll people, probably about 90% of us think we look and behave younger than our years. Except for people less than 21, who want to be more than 21 for some odd reason I can't fathom. I think it's human nature. So, I try to treat people gently, and never presume that the woman in the room with the preschooler who looks to be my age or older is the grandmother.