tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post294206733993081863..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Growing up in the 1950sUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-88688052580036505472015-06-12T17:06:15.952-07:002015-06-12T17:06:15.952-07:00Shucks - I should have guessed.Shucks - I should have guessed.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-15038484980136299902015-06-11T15:29:24.397-07:002015-06-11T15:29:24.397-07:00Im jokng
We never knew what he said...my mother wa...Im jokng<br />We never knew what he said...my mother was drinking gin at the timeJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-33310595947519762042015-06-11T14:22:45.101-07:002015-06-11T14:22:45.101-07:00He can't have taken the first part to the grav...He can't have taken the first part to the grave, surely?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-90193746189068197872015-06-11T14:22:02.858-07:002015-06-11T14:22:02.858-07:00Ooohhhh....Ooohhhh....Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-52279777851224731572015-06-11T14:09:01.537-07:002015-06-11T14:09:01.537-07:00He took it to the graveHe took it to the graveJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-4860971723362458622015-06-11T14:03:50.774-07:002015-06-11T14:03:50.774-07:00Don't forget to groan.Don't forget to groan.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-2370402119949690552015-06-11T14:02:46.637-07:002015-06-11T14:02:46.637-07:00awful/offal
She said removing fish insides was awf...awful/offal<br />She said removing fish insides was awful, and he agreed.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14037132620762608682015-06-11T13:36:50.188-07:002015-06-11T13:36:50.188-07:00Can you remember the rest of it too?Can you remember the rest of it too?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-16040449613666906872015-06-11T13:36:17.703-07:002015-06-11T13:36:17.703-07:00Yes, I like that one. It's almost as good as P...Yes, I like that one. It's almost as good as President Regan asking a resident if she knew who he was...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64559335878511655502015-06-11T13:35:14.116-07:002015-06-11T13:35:14.116-07:00I've read that pun three times now, and it sti...I've read that pun three times now, and it still needs explaining, Joanne.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-2072695089709161232015-06-11T13:33:38.266-07:002015-06-11T13:33:38.266-07:00I don't think many dads did.I don't think many dads did.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-46198052090915330642015-06-11T13:33:02.933-07:002015-06-11T13:33:02.933-07:00I don't think I've heard that one before, ...I don't think I've heard that one before, Philip. Any chance of you singing it on You Tube for us?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-33968119117871548342015-06-11T11:54:49.956-07:002015-06-11T11:54:49.956-07:00" and the Bishop said , two melons and a jar ..." and the Bishop said , two melons and a jar of vaseline !"John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8715674238866173002015-06-11T11:20:08.054-07:002015-06-11T11:20:08.054-07:00My Dad was always telling jokes …..
A new resident...My Dad was always telling jokes …..<br />A new resident in the Old Peoples Home staggered into the lounge on his two sticks.<br />' I bet none of you can tell how old I am ' he said.<br />An old woman got up from her Parker Knoll armchair and staggered over to him on her Zimmer frame.<br />She proceeded to open his fly, put her hand in and have a good root around for about 5 minutes.<br />' You're 81 years and 7 months old' she said<br />' That's absolutely right ' he said.' How on earth can you tell my age by doing that ? '<br />' I heard you telling the nurse this morning ' she said !!!!!!!<br />XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-80261233528179130942015-06-11T11:14:18.175-07:002015-06-11T11:14:18.175-07:00My father was the master of the pun. They could ta...My father was the master of the pun. They could take years to sink in. At the dinner table my sister wanted to know why the fish were presented flattened on the dish like two wings. Dad replied that's how their insides were removed. That's awful, my four year old sister replied. It certainly is, my dad responded. I was the only one who laughed. I was fourteen.<br />Otherwise, I can tell you the gulf between children and grandmothers remains as broad as that between parents and children in my day. I doubt my granddaughters could tolerate a retelling of my father's joke about the blooper maker.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-43464489196506171262015-06-11T11:01:01.501-07:002015-06-11T11:01:01.501-07:00Don't remember my dad ever telling joke. He pr...Don't remember my dad ever telling joke. He probably didn't know any!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-11978715285945337532015-06-11T10:58:36.062-07:002015-06-11T10:58:36.062-07:00Love it!!Love it!!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-1381864937427438672015-06-11T10:52:55.330-07:002015-06-11T10:52:55.330-07:00I don't remember my father, who was quite stri...I don't remember my father, who was quite strict and at the same time reserved, ever telling a joke. I do remember that he often use to sing to himself quietly "a black cat nastied in a white cat's eye". I didn't hear him sing any other song to himself.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13415361156288825232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-24604689816704143262015-06-11T10:42:33.930-07:002015-06-11T10:42:33.930-07:00P.S. - In my original response before Google cut m...P.S. - In my original response before Google cut me off - again - I asked if you knew what the punch-line to your father's joke was?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-88414207214937622152015-06-11T10:41:08.165-07:002015-06-11T10:41:08.165-07:00My mother died in bed, 3 seconds after she asked/t...My mother died in bed, 3 seconds after she asked/told my father to change the TV channel.<br /><br />Her last words were, "This is a load of rubbish. What's on the other side?"<br /><br />I think that is wonderful.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-4505760927263879662015-06-11T10:38:12.152-07:002015-06-11T10:38:12.152-07:00In some households, maybe. In most, I suspect four...In some households, maybe. In most, I suspect four-letter words flow freely between 3 generations. They do in mine.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65705171957277803612015-06-11T10:36:24.584-07:002015-06-11T10:36:24.584-07:00Hooray!Hooray!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-10529012737772305402015-06-11T09:18:41.386-07:002015-06-11T09:18:41.386-07:00My father died at the breakfast table telling a di...My father died at the breakfast table telling a dirty jokeJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-61301621404033394952015-06-11T07:09:34.966-07:002015-06-11T07:09:34.966-07:00Not sure what state that gulf between parents and ...Not sure what state that gulf between parents and children is now Tom. I suspect it is very little different in truth. Now that children have so much more freedom than we had they can get up to all sorts of high jinks without parents ever knowing about them. In my day if I stepped out of line my mother knew about it I seem to recall.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-1069401116066702602015-06-11T04:42:51.899-07:002015-06-11T04:42:51.899-07:00My father told me this one...
Fuller picked up La...My father told me this one...<br /><br />Fuller picked up Lady Bagshaw from the station in his horse drawn taxi. Half way home the horse let out an enormous fart. <br /><br />"Sorry about that mi-Lady" said Fuller.<br /><br />"Oh that's all right, Fuller" said Lady Bagshaw "Actually, I'd thought it was the horse".Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com