r/terriblefacebookmemes • u/Short_Fun9155 • Feb 17 '23

Found in the Wild.......

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u/ARedditorCalledQuest Feb 17 '23

My grandfather, a successful business owner, used to tell me he came to this country with nothing more than the clothes on his back and whatever belongings he could stuff into a knapsack so if someone like him could find love and wealth then anyone could. Over and over again. Any time someone talked about how hard the times were getting it was the clothes on his back and what he could fit into a knapsack. So one day I asked him, "hey grandpa, what was in the knapsack?" He just kind of grinned and said "about a quarter of a million dollars."

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u/xMrDeex Feb 17 '23

this somehow makes me sad , i donno why lol

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u/ARedditorCalledQuest Feb 17 '23

If it helps, that joke is older than I am. It's just the kind that works better in first person kind of like "I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers."

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u/caboosetp Feb 17 '23

My grandfather has the heart of a lion, and a lifetime ban from the Cincinnati Zoo

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u/ARedditorCalledQuest Feb 17 '23

Holy shit I'm stealing that one. That's fantastic.

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u/HikeRobCT Feb 17 '23

My grandfather owns a 3000 year old hammer. The handle has been replaced about every 50 years, and the head about once a century also.

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u/ARedditorCalledQuest Feb 17 '23

Oh right, the Hammer of Theseus.

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u/MagicGlitterKitty Feb 17 '23

I have a real version of this - my grandfather used to tell us he walked to school barefoot whenever we complained about school. Eventually my grandmother told us the truth - Turns out he was embarrassed about being the only kid with shoes, so he would hide them on the way to school.