People frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day I went downtown an
d went into a shop. I was only in there for about five minutes, and when I came out there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.Â
I went up to him and said, “Come on, man! How about giving a retired person a break?”
He ignored me and continued writing the ticket. I called him a “#%@Nazi.”
He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tires.
So I called him a “doughnut eating Gestapo.” Â
He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more I abused him, the more tickets he wrote.
Personally, I didn’t care.
I came downtown on the bus and the car that he was putting the tickets on had a bumper sticker that said “Hillary in ’08.” I try to have a little fun each day now that I’m retired.
It’s important to my health.
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December 9th, 2006 at 1:53 am
That’s funny. Very funny. Wrong though, just plain wrong.
But funny…thanks for a mood lightening post this evening! 
December 9th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
Good joke!
I was asked last night how I enjoyed retirement and my answer seemed to surprise the “asker”. I asked him why the look of surprise and he said his dad retired and got bored!
I can not image being bored and doing nothing is okay with me too. Retirement is highly under-rated – it’s a blast, a blast of pure freedom!
There is so much to do, or not do, and so little time left to enjoy either.
Carol: Thanks for the comment, Mushy. I agree with you about retirement (or at least I WILL) I love my job – but I think I’d love the freedom of retirement even more. Just a few years to go .
December 11th, 2006 at 10:47 am
I don’t intend to fully retire ever BUT that doesn’t mean that I’m going to continue to work full out as I do now. I’m 64 and I have to tell you – that getting up in the morning 5 days a week thingie – don’t intend to continue that into infinity or until I’m called home. But I think what it ultimately comes down to is INNER resources. Sure, I don’t have the $$ to live on social security in the manner to which I would like to remain accustomed BUT I do have a lot of things I enjoy doing – cuddling with the cats, cooking, entertaining, blogging, reading blogs, having hissy fits about national elections, reading books I’ve had no time to read (I’m really looking forward to that one) and so forth.
Finally – that person described in your joke? My kind of person!
Gayle, I agree with you – she’s my kind of person! And I am looking forward to retirement. There is plenty for me to do without going to work each day.