Welcome to those of you with a weird sense of humor. I enjoyed reading all the posts about Queen Mother and Father Time,so tho't we could start a club. Those who can't laugh need not join.
My advice: My daughter with alz enjoyed opening her Christmas presents and promptly put them all away out of sight.(not clothing gifts)

When she wasn't around I retrieved them and put them in a special drawer I keep for Christmas presents bought early.
Guess what she will get next Christmas??
I think you all could benefits from this advice!!
Take care, Marge

I am with you Marge! What should we call our little group?

Laughing to survive
Support for Wacky Caregivers
LOL-Laugh or Loonybin
National Association of Caregivers Over the Edge-NACOE
Laugh Lines
Giggle Group

These are just off the top of my head. I am sure someone can come up with more. Then we can do a poll and decide.

It would be nice to have a warning label on us, so unprepared readers won't stumble upon us and think we're BAD people.... I've been burned that way.

Well Ya know I am going to just have to be a charter member of this club..

Hey Vicki B. I sort of like the
National Association of Caregivers Over the Edge-NACOE

IRG: We will most defiantely have to attach a warning label... I wonder if the Suregon General has a standard warning label that we can adopt???? tee hee
Something like:
Warning!!!! Entering this Thread Could Be Hazardous to Your Mood.. It is advised that if you are Humor Challenged discontinue use..

Something to that effect anyway.. wouldn't want anything we say or laugh about to come back and bite us in the butt..

Marge: I think that is pretty smart of you.. Um wasn't there an episode of Sienfeld one time about RE-GIFTING???

After it taking me almost two weeks to finally get our Christmas tree up (got it done on the 23rd and even then it was pretty bare as far as decorations go).. My Mom asked me on the 27th if I had my tree down (the 27th is my birthday and even when I was a kid they used to try to seperate the two dates so the tree came down on the 26th, so as an Adult I continued to do the same)... She was shocked when I said NO!!! She asked me what was up with that.. I told her that I had just got it up and the way I look at it..
If I just leave it where it is I am a whole year ahead of the game and ready for next year.. . I might go ahead and send out Christmas cards and put Dec. 2007 on them.. Bet my SIL can't top me on getting my cards out early this year.. ha ha

So please help me figger out if I laugh or cry now: Took Mom to the neurologist. She was very concerned about impressing him and wanted lots of prep; I reviewed the date, and day of the week, and where we were going; no way she's have a shot at them without some prep, since she can't read the paper anymore. She "studied" hard for her neuro appt, and afterward was reviewing it with me to make sure she "did well".
Afterward, we went for a walk in the park, where Mom asked me, in a curious, conversational tone "I guess I could have asked him who was that man in my bed last night?"

Umm..... what?

"We had a stranger in the house last night, in my bed, I wonder if the doctor knew who he was", she responds, not horrified, just... musing, curious.
"No, Mom, it was just us in the house. But when I woke you up the quilt was all bunched up in a big wad next to you. I think that's what you were sharing your bed with".
"We didn't have a stranger in the house last night?" she asks, as if it's a normal occurrence, same as if my sisters stopped in.

She went on to ask if my son had a friend spend the night, could it have been him? Well, Mom, he does have friends overnight occasionally, but they're NOT going to share a bed with you.

It was a rather long conversation, and she never really believed me; and she wasn't once responding like one SHOULD upon realizing a strange man was in one's bed.
No way was I gonna tackle "Why would you think the neurologist knew the imaginary man who wasn't there in your bed?"
Now, when SOME people's moms wonder who they slept with last night, it's for a whole 'nother reason....but it woulda been nice to know this BEFORE I told the neurologist that things were about the same as the last appt, hmmmm?

Oh my goodness! So funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You all made my day!

Can we say....Helllllooooo, Mrs. Robinson!

Omigosh Christie I was thinking the same thing..

She didn't seem to be to scared or distraught.. maybe she enjoyed it.. giggle

This thread is right up my alley as I have a very odd sense of humor and some others sometimes think I am cynical.... Oh, well. so I enjoyed the post of mom wanting to know who was in her bed last nite. My dad and I have that same conversation alot. Either he asks who is in his bed or in our bed or he will ask for help covering someone up... When he gets going like that I tell my husband that dad is wacky bananas again!!! Gotta love it.

For All:

Here's some new ones from our side--Mom saw a picture hanging up in her bedroom the other day and came and told my sis it was "Eric's" Father! It was an old (about 20 years?) picture of her and DAD that has been hanging there FOREVER! (For new people--"Eric" is my preacher who mom thinks is going to marry her (he's 45 years her junior, married with children--it ain't gonna happen!)

Yesterday: Sis calls to tell me she's locked in the house--mom has taken the keys--mom may have gone out at some point in time because her jacket was over the back of the couch instead of being hung up! Anyway, sis has been searching and searching for these keys (which by the way, she sleeps with ((another long story)). I suggest she look in mom's purse sitting next to the door and to call me back if she still can't find them--we'd think of something....She calls me back after finding said keys in HER purse! SHE NEVER PUTS THE KEYS IN HER PURSE! Oh well, mom knows that's where keys normally go....

This morning, I go visit my sister as normal (mom has already left on the bus to the Generation Center for Respite Care). She's sitting there very quiet...I'm alarmed. What's wrong?? Mom has gone to the Center with no shirt on under her jacket! (She apparently took it off when trying to decide which one she wanted on, the sweater or the jacket) AND OH YEAH! Guess what was on the agenda today for the seniors to do?? It was SHOW AND TELL day! I kid you not!!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please say she was at least wearing a bra!!!!! giggle.. She might get that BF if she goes there like that many times.. he he

Have you guys heard this joke?

Granny is in the livingroom. Granddaughter comes downstairs for her date wearing a sheer blouse. No bra.
Granny says "You can't go out like that!"
GD says, "Granny, you gotta' show your Rosebuds!"
Boyfriend says, "Whoa! Looking good!"

Date is over. They come in house. Granny is sitting in the LR, topless.
BF says, "Whoa!"
GD says, "Granny! What are you doing?"

Granny says, "I'm showing off my hanging baskets!"

ROFLMAO. Show & Tell.

I'm proud to know all of you -- your weird sense of humor is just what we all need
Vicki - the Nat'l Assoc. of Caregivers Over the Edge is a good name and I agree we need a warning.
My tho't for a club name to be added to the list before we vote is:
Weird and Caring Caregivers Organized Society
"WACCOS"

I am sure there are many more of you out there who can add to the list. Put what's left of your minds to this .... lol
Take care, Marge

Well, I'm in.
I've found my kindred spirits.

Oh, and IRG, are you gonna tell us who that was in bed with your mom??

Count me in too! WACCOS is good!

Show and tell is too funny!

Hanging baskets.... my sides hurt from laughing!

Oh yes, this is a good thread!

Just popped in to see how your thread was developing dear Marge - getting better by the day

I love the show and tell story!

Wish Eddie thought there was someone else in bed with him - maybe then he'd stop pawing at me! Instead he wakes up thinking our house is full of martians. Oh, well, maybe they'll keep him entertained.

rob

Wow!! I love it. I laughed so hard I cried. Great idea. I love show and tell and the Martians! I like WACCOS as well!

You are all great!

Several years ago we took Karen to a melodrama. We bought popcorn and coke and told Karen that we were supposed to boo the villain and throw popcorn at him. She wouldn't throw her popcorn, no matter what we said.
When it was over the cast lined up and we all shook hands with them and thanked them. However, Karen had saved her coke and threw it in the villain's face!!!
And that was before she had alzheimers!!@#$% LOL

Too funny!
Thanks for the yuks!
Eileen

Hi everyone! This is so refreshing to hear LO's stories! Of course, I have one too! My MOL goes to church w/ an old neighbor of hers. She is in ASL so this is especially nice for her. I lay her clothes out the nite b/f so it's easy for her. Well, evidently they stopped at McDonalds afterward for coffee and as she was getting out, Janell (the neighbor) asked MOL whats wrong. MOL said her pantyhose were falling down and they hurt. So they went in to the bathroom to see whats going on and here she had on 3 pairs of panyhose! The problem was one leg had one leg of one pair on! The other leg had one leg of one pair of hose on! And the same leg had one leg of another pair of hose on with two legs hanging between her real legs and the other one stuffed in her waist!! Talk about an eye opener for the neighbor! They just laughed so hard and Janell tied the two hanging together so she didn't trip. Janell told her she was certainly creative!!
What a time they had!! I thank God my MOL and I can laugh together! It gives one a sense of well-being. God Bless you All. Lucinda

Love you guys! Here's a winner-my mom (97, stage 6) was sitting at the dinner table with us, and turned to my husband. In a perfectly ordinary tone of voice, she asked," David, how is that young girl you have penned up?" He didn't miss a beat and replied, "Just fine, Gramma." She: "Good."

too funny y'all -- i love it. Speaking of panty hose I pulled my panties and slacks up and forgot to pull up the panty hose -- sure felt funny --- I don't have alz.!!(I don't think!!)
Take care, Marge

If we use WACCOS, we might not need the disclaimer included.. the title alone is pretty much a warning sign.. hee hee

Over the past 6 months I have found myself laughing at things and situations that I never would have thought would be funny.. don't know if it's sleep depravation or Gods way of allowing me to handle everyday tasks.

Sunday BF's Mom was in her room just mumbling away about something.. Went in to see what was going on.. she starrted crying about how the show she was watching had really gone down hill.. and was just awful..

I put the TV on that show and didn't think it was that bad.. after watching it with her a few minutes thinking it might be a bad episode or something... I asked her what she thought was so wrong with it and why she thought it had gone down hill..

She kept saying that Beaver looked really bad and wasn't acting himself.. Umm she was watching Simon and Simon.. NOT Leave it to Beaver.. No wonder she thought the beav looked bad.. ha ha