I was folding towels

[Ohiogal]

this morning that I had washed -- they were beach towels, and some of them I've had for ages!

My 25-year-old son wandered into the room, and I told him, "A few of these beach towels I've had ever since I was a child!'

To which he replied .... in all seriousness .....

"How are they still intact?"

[elleng]

1. Not amusing!

I have towels from my childrens' childhoods; they're 30+ now, and daughter used one this week for her son/my 3 year old grandson.

[MFM008]

2. My smartass kid

Would have said i used the shroud of turin as a beach towel in my glory days.........

[FM123]

3. Hahaha

My kids are also around that age and they always say stuff to me like that too

[CurtEastPoint]

4. I still have my college laundry bag... 50 years old!

[Frustratedlady]

5. I still have a lot of towels from our wedding showers/gifts in 1958.

And, they are still in fine condition AND absorbent. So many you buy today have fibers that wouldn't absorb a tear drop like the old cotton towels did.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Agree. And I still have USA-made sheets 50 plus years old. They all

must have been laundered 1000s of times. Try that with the stuff you buy at Walmart.

[Ohiogal]

12. I have some bath towels that came from my mom's house after she passed

that say "Fieldcrest - New York, NY- 100% Cotton - Made in USA". They are still nice and thick and absorbent - They must be from the late 60s! I hate those velour towels so many stores sell now that just push the water around.

[bobbieinok]

9. Have towels we got when married in 1965

[shraby]

6. I recently tossed one that I got in a box of laundry soap years and years ago.

It was "thread bare" but still would dry things off.
Got it in the first years of marriage and I've been married over 55 years.

[bobbieinok]

8. Have some of my aunt's sheets and towels. She died 25 or so yrs ago.

[Glamrock]

10. Ya know, you brought him into this world.

You can smack him!

[Ohiogal]

11. Don't think I haven't thought about it!

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Nah, he's a good kid.
And he does an impression of Hank Hill that just cracks me up.

[Laffy Kat]

13. I was with my smart-ass 24-year-old son at the pharmacy the other day..

My order wasn't ready so I asked the pharmacist if my son could come back and pick it up later. He said sure, just as long as he knows my date of birth. I looked at my son and reminded him of the year and without a moment's pause, said "A.D.?" The pharmacist fell over.