r/mildlyinteresting • u/getoffmylawnn86 • 1d ago
My 92 year old grandpa was invited to tryout out for the miss Washington pageant
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u/garbagegoat 1d ago
OK as someone who cares for my 92 year old grandfather.. I don't know yours but mine would be down. Even just as a joke. He can show up with paperwork in hand wearing his late wife's dress and his walker. Even if he didn't make the cut it's a family story.
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u/ooO00X00Ooo 1d ago
He might even pull it off. It says no swimsuit competition
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u/Illustrious_Bit1552 1d ago
Hey. Don't be ageist. He could swing in some Speedos.
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u/Johnny_B_Asshole 1d ago
You obviously don’t know about ball drop.
He’ll be swinging something all right.
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u/brando56894 1d ago
I was gonna say that Gramps should 100% show up, letter in hand. It would give everyone a good laugh.
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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 1d ago
I’ve gotten pedicures with my 93 year old grandpa more than once. One time while visiting all the women went to get pedis and he was just like “I’m 88 and I’ve never had a pedicure, can I come?” Now he gets them on the regular because it’s hard to care for your feet as you age. Also, fwiw, there are men and often full on cowboys (TX) getting their nails done every time we go.
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u/garbagegoat 1d ago
Oh yeah grandpa loves pedicures! He goes with his daughter once a month. Honestly it's great because is a low key way of helping someone who can't really do certain self care like caring for your feet, while also getting to sit back and relax. After decades of hard work it's hard to turn down a good foot soak and massage. He was hooked after his first visit.
Eta let this be a lesson to any younger guys who think it's not their thing. Get a pedicure.
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u/monkeyhind 21h ago
I'm almost 70 and I treat myself to the occasional pedicure. I've always hated clipping my toenails (as horrified former lovers can attest).
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u/Accurate_Koala_4698 1d ago
Incontinent old man wins Miss Teen America
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u/Overall_Midnight_ 1d ago edited 1d ago
Letters like this were one of my first introductions to scams. (I believe the actual first was my dad telling me I could not put quarters in the claw machine cause “they’ll just steal your money.”)
I got one as a preteen and I’m pretty sure it originated from my mom allowing me to sign up to get the American girl catalog.
I was partly excited when I got the letter but I also didn’t have a great self-esteem and that made me suspicious why they would want me for a pageant. My mom explained to me that the same thing went on when she was younger in the 70s at malls and that they basically were trying to sell headshot services as well as other various pageant training type services. Some of them are also just pay to participate type pageants who will take anybody with the cash.
I remember feeling really bad at the fact I figured there were probably kids that thought they could’ve been in a pageant but their parents said no and ruined it for them.🤣
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u/Other-Cantaloupe4765 1d ago
Lmao. My sister did those National American Miss pageants like over a decade ago. We still occasionally reference a few portions of their talent show because it was so bad. Some of those girls were very talented, and others… had not found their talent yet lol. And it’s all on tape! Imagine being a pre-teen and giving the worst talent show performance ever and having it live on for eternity in a tape owned by a shit ton of people. Ouch. 😂
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u/brando56894 1d ago
I love when these things happen. I was sent an AARP (American Association of Retired People) membership card when I was about 25 and hadn't even gotten my first full-time job yet.
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u/PandorasFlame1 1d ago
AARP has open enrollment to anyone over the age of 18
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u/Ireallylikepbr 1d ago
Should as least best lawn in Vancouver, WA!
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u/getoffmylawnn86 1d ago
He is very meticulous about his lawn and only recently let anybody else mow it. He broke his hip a few months ago and still won’t stop doing work in the yard and around the house but the lawn is a bit much anymore.
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u/unittwentyfive 7h ago edited 7h ago
I'm a guy, but I have a name that can be used by both males and females (think "Jamie" or similar). When I was about 14 years old, my two best friends signed me up for the "Little Miss Hometown" pageant in our city. I remember being home one night and getting a call from someone on behalf of the pageant asking if they could "speak to Jamie's parents" and I was like "well I'm Jamie, what's this about a 'little miss' pageant?"
They were a bit confused at first because the pageant was meant for 5-7 year old girls, but then we figured it out and both had a good laugh. I asked about potential prize money, but then ultimately declined competing. I'm still close friends with those two knucklehead guys 35 years later. Don't see either of them as much as I'd like, but I do actually get to hang out with one of them this weekend. I'm going to bring up this story and remind him of our childhood shenanigans.
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u/getoffmylawnn86 1h ago
that’s cook man thanks for sharing. Glad my post could bring up that nice memory
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u/FuckThisShizzle 1d ago
He should do it, skirt just short enough that his old man balls hang out.
If it goes tits up and the cops are called he can just claim senility.
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u/DriedUpSquid 1d ago
I got one of these yesterday saying my daughter has been selected. There’s no way I’d ever put her through that.
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u/Aev_ACNH 1d ago
Frame it! hang it on the wall! I think grandpa should go and get a photo of his arrival to place next to it
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u/Rev_LoveRevolver 1d ago
Grandpa's got it goin' on...
/waves hands in the air like he just don't care, encouraging said elder
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u/Simple_Anteater_5825 1d ago
Make sure to go with him and stay near, just in case Trump owns that one too.
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u/getoffmylawnn86 1d ago
I’ll try and convince him