Ah, she likes to travel around...

March 6, 2013 8:05 PM

Dancin' Nana (slyt) (nsfw - one wee little curse) Eighty eight years old and she could dance all (bleeping) day.
posted by peagood (22 comments total)

Some things on MetaFilter make me smile, some things make me chuckle... this made me laugh...
posted by HuronBob at 8:20 PM on March 6, 2013

I humbly propose that dancing grandma videos should be the new cute kitten videos.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:39 PM on March 6, 2013 [3 favorites]

She makes my heart feel as light and fluffy as her hair, and I smilled as sweet as her mint green outfit. I just love Nanas, and this one is really special.
posted by peagood at 9:24 PM on March 6, 2013 [2 favorites]

Someone should make and mail her a sea-foam green colored shirt with "I could dance all fucking day..." silk-screened onto it.
posted by ZaneJ. at 10:04 PM on March 6, 2013 [1 favorite]

Ahhhhh...
This makes me happy.
posted by dougzilla at 10:19 PM on March 6, 2013

This is, without a doubt, the best thing I've seen all week.
posted by BungaDunga at 10:55 PM on March 6, 2013

In the final words of Timothy Leary: "Why? Why not? Oh yeah."
posted by moonbird at 11:04 PM on March 6, 2013 [1 favorite]

I just love Nanas, and this one is really special.

I usually hate Nanas -- wrinkly old things, smelling of wee -- but I'll make an exception in this case.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 11:36 PM on March 6, 2013 [2 favorites]

That was a wonderful video, thank you. I needed something to counter the news about Stompin' Tom, and this did it perfectly. I laughed out loud at her final line because I had forgotten your note in the post about the "wee little curse." So sweet and funny.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:14 AM on March 7, 2013

Once you pass 80 it's not swearing
posted by fullerine at 12:23 AM on March 7, 2013 [5 favorites]

If anybody actually works in a place where it would not be safe to watch this, quit your fucking job tomorrow.
posted by mannequito at 12:26 AM on March 7, 2013

I aspire to become this nana.
posted by gomichild at 2:04 AM on March 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

Dude, I could WATCH her dance all fuckin' day...
posted by ersatzkat at 4:41 AM on March 7, 2013

Submitted for your approval: my (then 85, currently 89 year-old) grandmother dancing what she calls "The Mechanical."
posted by saladin at 5:26 AM on March 7, 2013 [11 favorites]

grandmother dancing what she calls "The Mechanical."

I've been pretty stressed out and depressed lately, but you know what? Humans are kind of great.
posted by Beardman at 5:42 AM on March 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

Key to having fun: not giving a damn what anyone thinks of you and just GETTING DOWN. Some wise souls figure that out in their senior years. Really wise souls figure it out when they're young.

Note to self: time to do more dancing.
posted by kinnakeet at 5:53 AM on March 7, 2013

Dang.

One of my grandmas mostly refused to wear trousers. The other owned a pair of leather ones. (Albeit ones with an elastic waist...)
posted by Madamina at 6:04 AM on March 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

This is 1000 times more charming than that "dance like nobody's watching" girl at the airport that showed up here a few months ago. Nana doesn't give a shit about going viral.
posted by davebush at 6:07 AM on March 7, 2013

Love that she's got the Life Alert button and is still dancing.

"HELP I'M GETTING DOWN WITH THE BEAT AND I CAN'T GET UP!"

(No seriously, it's awesome that whatever else she's got going on, she's still grooving.)
posted by sonika at 7:52 AM on March 7, 2013 [2 favorites]

I'm stuck at home with a nasty head cold and I just did a little chair dance with both Nanas. Thanks for the smiles!
posted by michellenoel at 11:42 AM on March 7, 2013 [1 favorite]

"We all love our Nanas..."
posted by peagood at 1:04 PM on March 7, 2013

If I am this cool at 88, I will consider it a major personal victory. Go Nana!
posted by gohabsgo at 7:38 PM on March 7, 2013