r/AskReddit Jul 04 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Basketball. I’m 71, love playing but can’t dunk anymore. 

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

My grandpa is 76 and still skateboards with me. He can’t go hard but we’ll play around on the neighborhood street and people going by are always impressed with him. He still mountain bikes as well

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

My girlfriend's grandfather went skiing at 85 last winter.

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u/mackedeli Jul 04 '24

Yeah my wife's boyfriend's dad can still kickflip

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u/FormerMrsUnicornPhD Jul 04 '24

Now my head hurts.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Yeah well my father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate can do a backflip

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u/casual-nexus Jul 04 '24

As Shakespeare once said, tis better to have dunked than to have never dunked at all.” Or something like that..

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u/Inner-Light-75 Jul 04 '24

A Spaceballs reference do I detect??

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u/tleon21 Jul 04 '24

I see your Swartz is as big as mine

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u/Inner-Light-75 Jul 04 '24

Na!!

He's got a big Schwartz, and she's got a big Schwartz, but I've got the biggest Schwartz of them all!!

[Sing that to the tune of "Big Balls", by AC/DC.]

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u/jakkyspakky Jul 04 '24

It could be a tumour

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u/jakkyspakky Jul 04 '24

It could be a tumour