We took pa-in-law to see Nicholas Parsons’ one man show, A Laugh A Minute, last night, and he couldn’t help comparing the performer’s youthful looks to himself after calculating that they must be around the same age. While pa-in-law suffers from age-related ailments which cause him to walk with a limp, experiencing pain and breathlessness, and is hard of hearing, Nicholas seems to have retained his boyish figure, a good head of hair, sharp hearing and sprightliness, as well as a fast, natural wit.
I double checked my figures after discovering that Nicholas is almost 88 years old, and still going strong; he is a few years older than pa-in-law who always tells us how young he still feels.
On behalf of pa-in-law and other male octogenarians, I wish I had asked Nicholas how he has managed to avoid having a hip replacement (an assumption) and what is his secret to eternal youth.
Well done to The Brook, Soham for bringing another quality act to this Fenland town. Nicholas, who born in Grantham, is a great, natural raconteur and it was amusing to hear how he believed his GP father delivered Margaret Thatcher and that they went to the same school. Nicholas recalled that he was among a group of lads who came to her rescue when she was set upon in a playground scuffle, a young knight in shining armour who continues to shine.
*Being a member of Toastmaster where we count umms and aahs, I couldn’t resist listening out for any of these “crutches” which the originator of Just A Minute might make, but there were very few, I counted four throughout his two-hour show. Well done Nicholas!
You don’t know what he’s had done.
Just being alive at 88 is to be in good condition though so your father in-law should feel proud of that.
I imagine being possessed of a zest for life helps. But that makes it sound as though we have a choice whether or not we have zest. “Do you know what ? I’m going to choose NOT to have a zest for life.”
Nobody makes that choice. Good health and zest is all innate and that’s down to pure luck – except you’re not aware of luck until you don’t have it and those that do think that it’s down to hard work on their part. And then the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow lecture sea monsters on how they can look just like her if only they’d eat pro-biotic yoghurt.
Cack.
Kevin, true, Nicholas could have possibly had a nip and tuck and hip replacement, it’s hard to tell. He certainly has an amazing zest for life and his appearance and mannerisms belies his age.
I saw him wearing women’s stockings and suspenders once. He was the narrator in ‘The Rocky Horror Show’