Everybody has their quirks, but grandparents can sometimes be a special kind of quirky. They come from a different generation, and their instincts about what to do in certain situations (social and otherwise) sometimes aren’t just different than what we would do but are downright hilarious.
There are many grandparents out there who are silly, fun, and stuck in their ways, which can also translate as hilarious. Scroll down to see 19 examples of silly and awesome things grandparents have really done. We hope these photos bring a smile to your face.
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Italian Grandmother
My Italian grandma came in town. This is her suitcase. from r/funny
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Memo Book
My grandpa keeps a detailed record of all maintenance on his car in this memo book. This was his last entry: from r/funny
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She Thought It Was a Cross
My grandma thought this was a cross so she hung it up. I decided not to correct her from r/funny
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Painting Class
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Wedding or Funeral?
my Grandma with alzheimer’s at my Wedding; She asked – “Where’s the body?” from r/funny
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Camera Phone
Getting my grandma a camera phone was the best decision I ever made. The cat might disagree from r/funny
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Social Media
My best friend’s grandma (83 years old) made herself a profile in Facebook today. This is her profile picture. from r/funny
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Wedding Attire
My friend had a medieval themed wedding and her grandpa showed up like this. from r/funny
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I Wonder How Long They Were Waiting?
My grandparents were waiting for each other at the mall. from r/funny
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Age Is Just a Number
Found on a grandma’s camera after a New Year’s cruise from r/funny
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Family Photo
This has to be my favorite picture of my grandpa.. well and technically my grandma too from r/funny
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Exercise Block
When my grandma died I found this in her room, I laughed so hard and I made me much more happy from r/funny
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Babysitting
so this is what happens when grandma watches my son and she has an abundance of wigs lying around from her cancer treatments from r/funny
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That’s a Lot of Work
My grandma is moving and spent 30 plus hours making a scaled version of her new room and furniture (accurate to the inch). The actual move took 1/10th that time from r/funny
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Choose Your Visit Type
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Editing Books
My SO’s grandma doesn’t seem to like swear words in books from r/funny
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80th Birthday Party
Strangest party I’ve ever been to. Happy 80th Grandma! from r/pics
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Bragging Too Much
My grandfather used to brag about all the pool parties he went to at his friend’s backyard pool. Just found an old photo that revealed this was the pool. from r/pics
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Old-School Photoshop
Grandma put a magazine cut out of Leonardo DiCaprio over her late (not so nice) husband’s face. The 80+ year old’s version of photoshop.