GrandparentsMy awesome grandad flew in Wellingtons in the war. Damn, those shortages were terrible. Tell us about brilliant-stroke-rubbish grandparents.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 21:51)
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War storiesMy 92 year old Grandad's fantastic - and his Alzheimer's is a constant source of entertainment. One day he unwittingly admitted to a secret fourth child in America - and after years of regaling us with stories from his time in the army during WWII, we discovered that they were from various war films he'd just seen on the telly.
Unfortunately he is also - like 95% of the Grandads out there - incredibly racist. The delicious irony is that the care home he lives in now is staffed predominantly by black ladies. Thankfully they all have a sense of humour, and they overlook his references to them being "as black as the ace of spades" "nignogs" and having "big wog bums". He has also been known to poke said bums with his walking stick.
(, Mon 6 Jun 2011, 3:06, 2 replies)
Sure, they have a great sense of humour about it allI'm sure they don't leave him sitting in his own piss all day when you're not there, or put the contents of a dustpan in his soup.
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Care homesNope, the care home is fantastic. We visit at random intervals throughout the week - he's always well dressed and happy.
He's not the worst racist in that unit either... One of his nurses even accompanied Grandad to my wedding.
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