Fictional Grandma Myrna Tellingheusen has been making her followers on Twitter chuckle since 2015, with her satirical pearls of wisdom lampooning the kind of stereotypes that the elderly deal with on a daily basis.
While Myrna's true identity is not known, we here at Bored Panda managed to get a few words from the person behind the account in a previous post. "
"I exist in a modular home park in Rainbow, California, a sleepy little town just north of San Diego, and just south of Temecula," they told us. "My story is long and fascinating. However, the short version of this story is I want to make social media fun."
"There is too much acrimony in the world right now, and people need to better their sense of humor."
Whatever the true identity of Myrna really is, you gotta admit that they do a great job. You'll recognize a little bit of your own grandma in some of these tweets! Scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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Why don't they? Let's be honest..no one cares who their great grand nieces best friends dog was...we want to know what happened?? It's why we watch crime shows. Get to the good stuff people.
"Robert and Linda Stokes are saddened to announce the passing of their father, Robert Snr. At the age of 67, Robert Snr. was still the life and soul of the party, which is why his overdosing on cocaine comes as no surprise to his friends and family. Oh, and if you're reading this, Melissa, you were written out of the will."
Load More Replies...I’ve told anyone who will listen that when I die they’d better put my cause of death in the obituary. And to be specific! Non of this “natural causes” BS. If I die of a ruptured bowel because I accidentally somehow ate a razor blade, I freaking want people to know. Or if it’s an accident, please include the cause and what level of stupidity was involved. Especially if it was my own stupidity.
I always read them in hope they included the cause but usually they say in lieu of you can give money to a charity that was likely their cause of death
My parents would start their day reading the obituaries.No disappointment there,but they did have that little yellow light of contentment deep in their eyes that they had dodged the bullet.
Cause of death was never an issue until the 1980s when families were ASHAMED to have AIDS listed. It took court orders in some instances to stop newspapers from printing cause of death. / / / Then it was determined that AIDS is never directly the cause death, it suppresses the immune system and allows opportunistic infections to destroy health. / / / By the time that was known, death itself seemed to take on a shameful cast and it became more difficult to get papers to print cause of death -- such as in situations where survivors want people to enlist to fight a disease or disorder.
Good idea. I usually stand there with my brain glazing over. homers-bra...38c1ac.gif
I once spent 10 minutes watching a 100 year old lady walk to her car, get in, pull out, drive a 5 mph crawl down the road and then slowly crash into another car without so much as tapping the brakes. I called what was going to happen as I saw her get into the car. It was the slowest speed car accident I ever saw and I couldn't help but crack up. I was under the influence of schadenfreude that day, but it really was funny. Yeah, ok, fine, I'm going to hell, but no one got hurt and I swear if you saw it you would have laughed, too.
Or the old guy down the street with the extra long Ford pickup truck. Can't even see the ground from where he sits.
My neighbor has a VW Golf and still can't parallel park it -- even when there are no other cars on the street, it is two feet away from the curb.
If I had a Crown Vic, I would parallel park the hell out of it!
My fathers «thing« was a threadbare old coat from a thrift-shop and crocodile tears...worked a treat..
She means when young people always say I can't even
Load More Replies...GOTh is not a "ridiculous sword fight program," it's a "ludicrous dragon show."
I always thought Coachella was similar to Nutella. You put it on toast 🤷♀️
Just wait until she finds out about Burning Man. No ointment in the world is enough to get rid of that.
HEY, LOOK! IT'S ME WHEN I GET OLDER! My friends always tell me I'm the ultimate grammar Nazi XD
Well I’m the ultimate grammar OFFICER, because normalizing nazism is wrong.
Load More Replies...Henry Rollins famously said about a woman he dated who felt compelled to "improve" him: "I want to remind you that school is out and we can have fun now!"
I have to say I am kind of interested in trying “secret recipe” Christmas brownies lol.
To answer your question about restless leg. It's hit and miss. Some types help & some don't
Load More Replies...Somebody stole MY idea ! I bought a house in a village in Portugal and was bad-mouthed by 4-5 old biddies for not attending prayer-hour in church across the square every after-noon.I cornered the ring-leader and invited the bunch for afternoon tea.As they were itching to see the house decor they all came and guess what was in the special-recipe cookies?! We were best buddies ever after....and no prayer-hour.
Many seniors are discovering that POT is better than any pharmaceutical they've been given, calms their anxieties, and has no side effects. My aunt suffers chronic pain and a tincture helps her sleep for hours. She kept wanting me to bring some to her in Kansas until I pointed out that if she moved to Colorado, there would be no threat of arrest.
It starts with feeding children sushi and foi gras, and is exacerbated by giving them credit cards that are paid for by parents.
Yes KLo there are more vaccines for kids today because medicine, science and society are evolving towards better healthcare and prevention of nasty illnesses..... not a bad thing.
Load More Replies...My step-dad (RIP, Stan) twenty years ago cut down a very much wanted tree in the backyard because Alabama (Crimson Tide) lost a game. My mom was not happy. But he was ok after because he was too tired to be upset about the game
Gordon Ramsay must have a hell of a clean house! (honestly though, I love Gordon Ramsay and he's awesome!)
The elderly are, without question, my favorite patients for this very reason. It’s the one source of entertainment they have left that they can actively participate in with medical professionals and their children alike. Me, trying to take vitals of an unruly patient: “Where are you going Mr patient?” Patient hooked up to every machine in the room pulls on a sweater: “Fishing!”
Yes, it’s only another excuse to eat cake. Wish those parties existed when I was expecting, 14 years ago.
Load More Replies...It is not time for Christmas cookies... the almighty Internet Granny hasn't given her blessing.
Met gala. Whenever you see a non wedding dress that is twice as long as the person wearing it, it's the met gala.
Load More Replies...GAGA !or CU CU !? Is she still wearing raw beef under the skirt?her entourage seem to be dropping like flies...
At least he replaced the roll. Better than trying to walk across bathroom with pants around ankles to get to the linnen ckoset
In my house they’re in the cupboard right next to the toilet because there’s no other time you will need toilet paper.
Load More Replies...we don't have a toilet roll holder we do it the mens way, you can buy a receptacle for that now
STRAIGHT men... there is a distinction! I am the only boy my mom bore and she admitted that she never understood what other mothers were complaining about: I didn't stink or leave my room a mess, I loved helping cook and garden, I always put down the toilet seat (no, I didn't pee sitting down), and I painted every interior room in our house when I was 12... and they stayed those colors until I did it again when I was 20.
😂Actually, my husband’s wife does this too and I know she’s not going to change. She’s done EVERYTHING ELSE for 43 years and this is the least that he can do!!
Actually, this is what my husband’s wife does and she’s seriously not going to change. She done EVERYTHING ELSE for 43 years, he can do this one little task for her!!!
Merge means speed up before getting into the other lane. 35 for 3/4 mile while merging into 65 mph traffic is wrong
I'm at a loss why you felt it necessary to explain a Fake joke tweet.
Load More Replies...Grandpa knew full well he was moving too slowly, but it gave him a demented kind of pleasure to mess with the impatient. He would smile really wide and wave back, tooting his own horn as if he didn’t understand that they were angry. You have no idea how hard it is to keep a straight face in that situation.
I drove courier service for several years. It NEVER helps to honk at elderly drivers, because they might think something is wrong and put on the brakes. People are fools for not being able to bear a couple of minutes to be able to pass. They don't realize that with GREAT LUCK, they too might be an elderly driver someday.
I turned onto the entrance to the freeway. A car from Arizona was at complete dead stop!! At the least moment he finally merged . This was in Idaho and how he manage not to kill himself?
I put mine in chronological order of when I started holding them and when I’m not going to need them anymore.
My aunt noted that she alphabetized her spices, now she does the same with her medications.
Mine doesn't have a tray. You have to shake it upside down over the sink, like some sort of caveman.
Same! The burning smell usually gives me a clue that it's time to shake.
Load More Replies...I bought a cheapo toaster and it had no crumb tray. I took it back and out of 20 toasters only a few had a crumb tray.
I should point out that this guy's name says "You'reGonnaDisapprove". It should say "You're going to disapprove." Just saying.~ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Load More Replies...Those damn white cars! Especially the ones with the blue stripes!
I am very grateful for my inquisitive neighbors. They all knew I was going on vacation and having a house-sitter and her kids. They all told me that they liked my house-sitter and her kids and wondered when I would be going away again.
that must be why mine never grow flowers. god has NO interest in saying hello to me.
Load More Replies...When I was a kid I asked my Mom what that plant was called, and then spent many years calling it the Hide-A-Ranger plant.
My mother had one in every handbag.It folds into the size of a matchbox and also has two strings attached to tie under the chin.
Jello and aspic have a very weird history and I feel I am obligated to prompt everyone to look up 1950’s American food.
Place folded up slips of paper in a bowl and tell them pick a piece of paper and you get what's written. (P.S. all the slips of paper have "not a winner, sorry kid, better luck next year" written on them
Myrna is a night owl. 12:40 am nov 1...you were out dancing under the moon Halloween night, weren't you? Maybe next year I'll join you!
I absolutely LOVE this idea! I want to label little baggies “trick” filled with lentils and “treat” filled with candies
Me, drunk: mR oOBeR, cAn u tAkE mE to tHE hoSpiTaL? My BLooD tYpE iS rED
Look them right in the eye and maintain their gaze in the most uncomfortable and unnerving way possible. Works for my fiancé and I
Every time my wife and I go to NYC I have to school her about NOT talking to the people trying to get you to take tours. They WILL follow you for a block or more if you even make eye contact and if you speak to them? Forget it, you've just bought yourself a bus tour that probably doesn't even exist.
Wouldn't work with me. Work mandates that even if you have that look, I must speak to you.
Totally agree with Myrna on this point! Overpriced cookies kept in artificial short-supply using child labor and workplace pressure (if coworkers' or bosses' kids are selling them.)
The only thing that would make these worse is if they were somehow crossed with Crocs.
Maybe a woman who's feet have not been deformed by wearing hi heels. There are many of us around.
Load More Replies...What is rice pudding? To me those to words don't belong together. I shouldn't knock it until I try it though.
Load More Replies...If it were Hyacinth, the offense would have taken place in front of her Royal Doulton with the handpainted periwinkles.
Load More Replies...Made with cream,milk,butter,salt,pepper,a pinch of nutmeg,an egg-yolk and grated cheese.Gratinated in oven till crispy brown.Nothing better !!
Me too! roast, chipped, boiled, baked, fried, those spiral thingies that are then deep fried, anything BUT not !@#$r mashed.
Load More Replies...Not only excessively cheerful,also excessively LOUD,assuming all elderly are deaf...had my mother foaming at the mouth!
Granny, If you need to get rid of all those raged baked goods, I can rage eat.
The one who is anti mash-potatoes. You don't wanna go down that path Myrna . Trust me on this 😬😬
I use the extension cord more often and I almost never roll it up properly (I know how).
This is great, but you know Grandma would never know how to use hashtags!
Exactly, lol! That's kind of the joke here. She's using them, but not quite the way they're supposed to be used.
Load More Replies...One thing I can't figure out: Why is the Secretary of State the only place that charges a fee if you DON'T pay with a check?
We have someone like this in Germany, too. She's called Renate Bergmann. @RenateBergmann on Twitter.
Haha, just going to post this. Renate Bergmann is hilarious, and she even has time enough to release books in her witty Grandma style.
Load More Replies...We have someone like this in Germany, too. She's called Renate Bergmann. @RenateBergmann on Twitter.
Haha, just going to post this. Renate Bergmann is hilarious, and she even has time enough to release books in her witty Grandma style.
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