Even though Morris and Sadie had been married for a very, very long time, they still decided to visit a divorce lawyer in Camden Town. At the first meeting, the solicitor asks them, “Why in the world do you want to get divorced? You each look well into your nineties. Why now of all times?”
Morris replies, “Actually, I’m 102 and my wife Sadie is 101.”
The solicitor is totally bemused and asks them again “So why do you want a divorce now?”
Sadie replies this time, “Well, we wanted to wait until all of the children were dead.”
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A variant of it is playing out in Palm Beach, with an 88 year old wife demanding a divorce from her 89 year old husband because of the 61 year old tart he has on the side.
All of their children are still alive, but the article about them still made me think of the joke.
They’re both characters, so the whole article is worth reading. Especially the bit about the Wite-Out.