When our Grandfather turned 100 my sister and I interviewed him and one of the things we asked him is how he lived to be 100. His answer was 1. You all worry too much, 2. You eat too much white bread and 3. you stop working too young..We asked him what he felt bad about and it was the polution of
the Hudson River. Also, what was his oldest "first person" story told to him.
He said it was when his grandmother (late 1700's) told him the indians were
coming over the mountains and when they got to their farm she messed up her hair, stuck her head out the door and shook her head. The indians did not harm her as they thought she was crazy and would not kill a crazy person. Oldest joke he could remember was: The indians killed all of Murphy's family and he was the only one that escaped. He [Murphy] settled down and had a farm after he killed himself some indians. One day an indian showed up at his farm and asked if he knew where Murphy lived. Murphy asked him why he
wanted to know and the indian said he had killed his family and now he wanted to kill Murphy. Murphy said you know Murphy is known as a pretty good shot and the indian said he knew but he was better than Murphy so
Murphy slit a stick, stuck a penny in it and gave the indian the gun and said
if he could shoot the penny out of the stick he would be as good as Murphy. The indian shot and missed the coin. It was then that Murphy said "do you know who I am". The Indian said no. Murphy said I am Murphy. The indian said do you know who I am? Murphy said no and the indian said I am a dead
indian..!! Joke told in the late 1700's.
Just some little history and fun.
