Retirement Humor
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From funny jokes and hilarious stories to humorous quotations and poems that give you a chuckle, retirement humor brings a smile to your lips and laughter to your life.
Retirement
Retirement is a special milestone in a person’s life. After years of dedication and hard work, it's a time for relaxation and the pursuit of interests and hobbies the working and family years may not have allowed.
Without a doubt, retirement life is very different than the years spent in the work force. Most humor about retirement takes those differences and creates laughable situations that are fun and funny. Whether you are at a retirement dinner, sharing an evening with friends or spending time alone on your computer, retirement humor is sure to tickle your funny bone, keeping you young at heart.
Humorous Gifts for Retirement
Although a humorous gift for retirement is not appropriate for everyone, retirees’ with a good sense of humor will defiantly enjoy receiving one of the many funny, humorous or gag gifts available.
Popular gifts that generally produce a giggle, a chuckle or an outright laugh includes:
- T-shirts, sweatshirts or mugs with funny retirement sayings
- Silly gag gifts such as a tennis racquet/bug zapper combination or sturdy walking cane with a gold putter bottom
- A gift basket loaded with silly retirement gifts
Many websites offer humorous retirement gifts including:
Retirement Humor Online
There are many websites filled with retirement jokes, funny stories and laughable cartoons. Many of these also include:
- Funny quotations relating to retirement
- Retirement poems
- Humorous words of wisdom
- Funny videos, pictures or photographs
- Witticisms
- Words of wisdom
- One liners from stickers or bumper stickers
- Anecdotes
- Advertising spoofs
Although there are websites that provide humor that is x-rated or filled with off-color nuances, many seniors find these websites offensive. They prefer humor that is clean, without offensive language and crassness.
The websites listed in this article provide clean humor that retirees can share with their family and friends.
- A great collection of retirement humor is located at The Retirement Jokes Café. Many of the jokes and stories are perfect for retirement parties or dinners. This website also has sections that includes:
- Retirement poems
- Retirement speeches
- Retirement gifts
- Retirement Lifestyles includes a section of retirement jokes, funny stories and anecdotes.
- Retirement Joke offers dozens of jokes about retirement that will give you a chuckle.
Additional Resources
Many websites that focus on general humor often have a section that focuses on retirement.The following are several general humor websites that feature a special section on retirement humor.
- The retirement joke section of Basic Jokes advertises as clean jokes for a dirty world.
- Pruneville
- Mabels... Maintaing Bygone Times
- Jokes Duniya
Funny Retirement Books
Books are another great source of retirement humor. They make excellent retirement gifts for friends, family or colleagues. The following are a few humorous books on the topic of retirement.
- Retirement Is Twice As Much Husband On Half As Much Money is a hilarious book by Sylvy Soh that is packed with funny stories and anecdotes about retirement.
- What You Don't Know About Retirement: A Funny Retirement Quiz by Bill Dodds
- Bonnie Louise Kuchler’s book Is a Full-time Job: And You're the Boss! is loaded with funny pictures and lighthearted quotes that will keep you laughing to the very last page.
- Last Laughs: Cartoons About Aging, Retirement...and the Great Beyond by Mort Gerberg
Whether you are a retiree, someone that is about to retire or are seriously thinking about retiring in a decade or so, retirement humor is something that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
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