"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is"
- Ellen DeGeneres
About this Quote
This quote by Ellen DeGeneres is an amusing method of highlighting the amazing physical fitness of her grandma. At the age of sixty, her grandmother started strolling five miles a day, and continued to do so for the next thirty-seven years. This is an impressive accomplishment, and it is no surprise that her granny is still in terrific physical shape at the age of ninety-seven. The joke in the quote is that her grandma is so in shape that she is able to stray and nobody understands where she is. This quote is a testament to the power of exercise and how it can keep us healthy and active even into our later years. It is likewise a tip to all of us to remain active and to look after our bodies.
This quote is written / told by Ellen DeGeneres somewhere between January 26, 1958 and today. She was a famous Comedian from USA, the quote is categorized under the topic Funny. The author also have 13 other quotes.
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