This article ” Why Grandpa Says Inappropriate Things” explains a lot about our Dear Brother Bob. From the article:
This lack of inhibition is probably also behind grandpa’s habit of asking you, loudly and in public, how your bowel movements have been or, at your wedding, how you’re doing in the wake of being dumped by your last girlfriend. As von Hippel delicately puts it, “older adults are more likely than younger adults to talk excessively and about topics that are irrelevant to the stream of conversation . . . despite the fact that older and younger adults agree that it is inappropriate to inquire about such issues [such as weight gain and family problems] in public.” That is, they know what’s acceptable conversation, but their frontal lobes can’t stifle their impulses—impulses younger adults have, too, but manage to squelch.
“older adults are more likely than younger adults to talk excessively and about topics that are irrelevant to the stream of conversation”
See, all Bob needs is to be inhibited. Simple…
Can I get an “Amen”, Brothers and Sisters?
How about a “Hallelujah”, my fellow dogs and bitches?
Amen! It is long past time!!!!!!!!!!!
As St. Francis would say, “Amen, Brother Dog!”
The filters have left the building!
Did I mention that I saw Brother Bob live at the ecumenical service? He’s quite distinctive looking. The eyebrows reach out and grab you.
Hasn’t anyone told him that when one reaches a certain age that eyebrows and ear hair should be trimmed when one gets a haircut?