The purple pineapple told me to tell you that you're a bundle of sticks. (I didn't want to but he made me!)

He's calling (or called) you a fag (a bundle of sticks.)

Listen you clueless twit, I could sit and talk with my grandfather for HOURS. He passed away at 95 years old, but he had the funniest stories. And in all the time I knew him (over 30 years), he never repeated one. Get some respect, asshat. Elderly folks aren't just old people to ridicule. They are people who have been on this planet a hell of a lot longer than you, and if you LISTEN to them, you might actually learn something.

Listening is boring bro.

63- Your comment is boring, "bro." Don't you have some spelling blocks to be playing with? 5 year olds shouldn't be on FML.

Doc just tore you a new one, broski.

You are a clueless twat. I don't really get on all that well with my grandparents (the whole calling me out as a heathen ***** while I was sitting next to my then-boyfriend now-husband sort of put a damper on our relationship), but my grandfather-in-law is the coolest old guy ever. He's a WWII vet, but you'll find that very rarely do any of them talk about the war. The only story I ever heard him tell from the war was how they had to sleep under the tracks of the tanks while they were headed out to the pacific theater. He's by far the coolest 86-year-old I've ever had the pleasure of knowing, and he's a hoot. Before my husband proposed, his grandpa told him that he better hurry up and put a ring on it before he did! We spend as much time with him as possible, because you never know what might happen.

#54-- That's great that your grandparents were so interesting, but for some people that just isn't the case and you end up with awkward silence, as 48 said. Sometimes you just have nothing in common and nothing to talk about. That's not ridiculing and it's not disrespectful, it's true. I wouldn't spend time with elderly people, French people, etc. who I didn't know solely based on the fact that they were elderly or French. You should actually WANT to have a conversation with them because forced conversations with relatives are, in my experience, just uncomfortable, boring, and not really educational.

Some times all you have to do is sit down next to them and watch tv with them or read a book. You don't always have to talk and the silence doesn't have to be awkward. Get to know them cuz guess what they are people too. They may be old but that doesn't make them stupid. From what this grandpa was doing he must have a good sense of humor. It probably wouldn't be to hard to have a conversation with him. All you have to do is grow up and try. You never know you may just have a great time. Also

118- I hope you know your grandparents better than some random French person.

saksxalmo - I can't believe I'm actually responding to someone who wouldn't hold a conversation with a French person simply because that person is French. What could POSSIBLY be going on inside that head of yours?? But I'll bite anyway. ALL people are interesting, every single one. Every person has a story to tell. And every person has feelings. Guess what - the elderly enjoy company just the same as you do. Do you think Mrs. Bastard enjoys every gruesome medical story I tell her? No, but she sits there and listens because she knows I enjoy telling her, and that makes me happy, and making me happy makes her happy, and then everyone is happy. Get it? It isn't all about you. Maybe think of someone else's happiness for a change.

#157-- Not everyone is that interested in others. Some people don't act like that. It's that simple. If I think the person I'm talking to isn't interested in what I'm saying, I won't make them listen. I expect people to do the same for me. I find it dishonest to pretend to be interested in someone when you're not. And I would get just as bored telling a story to someone who wasn't paying attention as I would listening to someone who I was with involuntarily. It's kind of strange that you accuse me of thinking only about myself when you admit to having conversations with your wife only for your own enjoyment. Why wouldn't I talk to someone just for being French? Because I know French people, and I know that they're just like other people. Being old or being French don't automatically make you interesting or fun to hang out with. Maybe it's interesting to meet new people and learn things about their lives at first (so that you can possibly become friends in the future), but listening to or having a conversation with someone, especially someone you already know well, for an extended period of time involuntarily is just a stupid tradition. It's likely boring for at least one party, if not both, and it's rude to both parties to make them endure it...

But..I thought old people could get away with anything!!!

No, old people only THINK they can get away with anything because they take advantage of the fact that most people have been brought up to respect their elders so they don't call old folks on their bad behavior. Bullshit. If some old asshole acts up in public, I call them right out on it. Being old does not give them the right to line cut, to be rude to sales people or others in line, to use foul language in front of children, etc. In fact, they should know better than to act like selfish animals BECAUSE they are older. They should be the ones who patiently wait their turn and not throw childish tantrums and scream obscenities at the teenage hostess at a restaurant because she would not allow them to line cut at lunch. Geez, give us all a break and act like adults.