When I was a doctoral student, I lived in the house of John Strong, a Nobel-Prize candidate in Physics, who had invented aluminum-covered dishes that replaced glass in large telescopes. He was a gentle giant, an angel on Earth. He was dying even before he knew it, but until his last minutes, he entertained me with dirty jokes... :)
Another gentle giant was a world-class water-polo player, who was dying in the hospital where I was working. He never lost his sense of humor. He had bladder cancer, and he needed a catheter all the time. A newbie nurse simply couldn’t install it, and after torturing him for several minutes, Eden just said to the nurse, “Can I lend you my eyeglasses?” He was about 82 at the time.
You probably don’t know that men who die in bed (or sometimes otherwise), have their last erection during the process. Somehow, sex and death are physiologically connected…
Here is a little collection of dirty jokes:
https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/jokes/dirty-jokes-funny-100-best-229105
I hope, you can forgive me and you won’t give me a ticket:
You have to respect that sense of humour that humans often have near the end, it's a form of dignity I believe. Literally laugh in the face of death!
💎 This is great, Ray. I've had some of my most enlightening conversations with men who were in a hospital bed, dying. Had some of the funniest conversations with a few of these men + women, while changing out their colostomy bags, or trying to collect a fecal specimen from a paralyzed woman who also possessed THE GREATEST sense of humor. These experiences have taught me so much, so early, and I'll never forget their names, faces, stories, and the takeaway life lessons. God bless the gentle giants. Thank you for sharing, Ray.