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hiromichi



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:41 pm    Post subject: getting a little up there Reply with quote

What does the captioned phrase in a joke below mean?

Today I picked up my mother-in-law at the airport. She's getting a little up there. She's at the age where she doesn't remember things too well. So when I saw her I said, "Thanks for coming. Have a nice flight!"
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:08 pm    Post subject: Re: getting a little up there Reply with quote

hiromichi wrote:
What does the captioned phrase in a joke below mean?

Today I picked up my mother-in-law at the airport. She's getting a little up there. She's at the age where she doesn't remember things too well. So when I saw her I said, "Thanks for coming. Have a nice flight!"


It means she's getting old.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:19 pm    Post subject: Re: getting a little up there Reply with quote

Thank you very much.

Lorikeet wrote:
hiromichi wrote:
What does the captioned phrase in a joke below mean?

Today I picked up my mother-in-law at the airport. She's getting a little up there. She's at the age where she doesn't remember things too well. So when I saw her I said, "Thanks for coming. Have a nice flight!"


It means she's getting old.

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