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Grandmas and grandpas grew up with rotary phones, so you have to cut them some slack when it comes to communicating via fancy smartphones or Facebook. After all, they love talking to their grandchildren, and it's a huge reason why they are trying to become acquainted with modern technology in the first place. Some of these attempts, however, fall into hilarious text fails category. Bored Panda has compiled a list of funny text messages from grandparents that probably provided entertainment for the whole family, and it will definitely make you text your folks more often.
Stories about dead relatives and emojis of the middle finger aren't always appropriate, but when these funny messages come from your grandparents, you can at least be sure good intentions are behind them. Scroll down to read some of the funniest things the elderly have texted their grandchildren and upvote your favorite text message fails!
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#1
Too Much Information Grandpa
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#2
Take Your Time Grandma
#3
Lasagna
#4
Friends Keep Dying
#6
Sent My Grandparents A Card
#8
All Bacause I Said No To Bingo Night
Ok Ha-Neul 7 years ago
GM: what you scared of getting your a*s kicked by me you pussy ME :Grandma what? ( literally a conversation between me and my grandmum)
#9
Text From Grandma
#10
I Don't Know Grandma
#11
Why Is My Grandmother So Cool?
#12
Educating Grandma About Pop Culture
Anna Thouvenin 7 years ago
This is the best text here. "what is a bieber some kind of fish" is not that wrong though.
#13
When Grandparents Are Bored
#14
Update
#15
Grandma Gave Me The Finger
#16
Typical Grandma
Ok Ha-Neul 7 years ago
OK i just want to say to all my innocents out there don't look that up because i did before because of a bored panda post and now i know and i wish i didn't heed my warning DO NOT LOOK IT UP https://www.boredpanda.com/offensive-text-wallpapers/?page_numb=2
#17
Grandpa's Abbreviations Game Is Strong
#18
Gee, Thanks Grandma
#20
Niece Texts Grandpa "Im Excited To Get My Braces Off Next Week!" Grandpa Responds "You'll Have A Beautiful Smile Like Me!" With Photo
#21
Grandpa Can't Tell Me The Code On Social Media
#22
Grandpa Says What He Thinks
#23
Grandma Asks About Classes
#24
Grandpa Just Learned How To Text Photos... He Still Has Some Logistics To Think Through
#25
I Guess It Still Counts As A Text
#26
Grandma Sends Selfie
#27
Grandma Got Me
#28
My Grandma Trying To Text
#29
Grandpa With A Sense Of Humour
#30
So Sorry
#31
It's A Heart
Steve Bowman 7 years ago
THAT? <3 is supposed to be a heart? I thought it was an a*s wearing a hat.
#32
She Is Still Expecting Grandchildren
#33
Faithful Grandma
#34
This Is Probably The Best Text I've Ever Received
#35
Text From Grandpa
#36
Watch Your Blood Pressure Grandpa Wayne
#37
Grandma Said She Was In The Middle Of The Atlantic Late Last Night With No Extra Explanation
Clinton Yew 7 years ago
it is the emergency contact function in iPhone, once you press it will send this to all your contacts.
#38
South Carolina
#39
My Grandma Is Literally My Most Favourite Person. Partly Due To Texts Like This
#40
When You Post A Facebook Status Telling People To Post A Gif Of What They're Doing Over The Weekend And Your Grandma Texts You This
#41
Thanks, Grandma
#42
Text From Boyfriends Grandma
PsychoPrincess 7 years ago
LMAO!!!! I was inviting my friend over for supper and I asked him in the text if you wanted me to make a roast chicken it read out do you want some roasted children so every time I want chicken for supper it's become roasted children it's been a running joke for years
#43
She Can Say Whatever She Wants Now
#44
That One Time My Grandma Ever Texted Me
#45
Facebook Stalker
#46
The Conversation I Had With My Grandma Today. She Loves Texting
Ashiah Rainwing 7 years ago
By the time I get to grandma's last text I decorate it with vulgarity.
#47
I Rarely Get Text Messages From My Grandpa, But When I Do, It’s Never Disappointing
Ashiah Rainwing 7 years ago
These are the ones I'm talking about when I regale you with tales of my cattle drives.
#48
When Your Grandparents Are Better At Texting Than You
Haris Segetalo 7 years ago
It could also mean Big Chinese Chili Hangout...or...Bad Chocolate Chip Hangover...
#49
What Does "Gf" Stand For?
#51
She's "K"
DopethronePunkUK 7 years ago
They have missed 1 comma and a question mark, i have seen worse but yeah missing very basic stuff.
#52
You Never Know When You Will Fins Some Dead Bug With Your Mail
Anna Sheridan 7 years ago
Imagine if she just posted it without explanation, that would of been even more hilarious.
#53
My Grandpa Drinks Coffee With A Group Of Old Guys Every Morning. I Get Texts Like These All The Time
#54
My Grandma Has Some Interesting Conversations With Verizon
#55
Aunt Gave Birth Yesterday And Grandpa Was Very Excited
#56
My Grandma Keeps Me Updated On Important Things
JillVille Child Care 7 years ago
I miss the days when my Grandma would call me to tell me one of my favourite bands was going to be on a TV show. Grandpa would read the TV Guide and list off everything and she would go through all the grandkids, calling each of us up to let us know our "people" were going to be on tv. So sweet.
#57
Explosive Laughter
#58
My Grandmother The Lol
#59
I Can't Believe My Grandma Really Texted Me This
#60
Yolo
#61
Never Too Big For A Spankin From Your 76 Year Old Grandmother
#62
My Grandmother Is Perfect
#64
Wild Grandma
#65
Literally Forever Looking Forward To Reading And Getting A Laugh From The Daily Texts I Get From My Grandpa. He Loves Him Some CNN
#67
Do You Eat Fish D**ks?
#68
My Brother Sent Me This Conversation He Had With Our Grandma
#70
Grandma Is Just Keeping You Safe
Kyra Hamann 7 years ago
OH NO!!! *rethinks emo lifestyle* *gets distracted by TWENTY ØNE PILØTS*
#71
Banned From Singing At The Church
#72
My Grandma Wants To Take Me Out For My Birthday
#73
This Made My Day. I Love My Grandma
#74
Merry Christmas To You Too
#75
Grandma Just Wants To Have Some Good Time
#76
Grandma Strikes Again
#77
My 91 Year Old Grandma Is Simply The Best
#78
Text From My Grandpa & The Transcript Of The Accidental Audio Recording That Followed
#80
Lovely Selfie
#81
You Don't Say
#82
The First Texts My Grandma Ever Sent
#83
My Grandpa Is Good At Texting
#84
Yup! This Just Happened
#85
I Live 2000 Miles Away And I Woke Up To This Text From My Grandpa
#86
My Grandma Can't Text
#87
I Need To Call Grandma Back On Her Hp Printer
#88
Greatest Thing To Wake Up To. Conyea
#89
Can't Get Over My Grandma Texting
#90
Grandpa Ed Is Practicing What?
Final score:
26points
#91
My Grandma Just Got An Ipad And Tried To Use Voice Text To Text My Brother. His Name Is Cale
#92
Isn't It Just
#93
Deep Thoughts From Grandpa
#94
My Grandmother Knows What's Up
JustLooking46 7 years ago
Game of Thrones...I like the dragon lady too. Very clever and very pretty
#95
Since When Did My Grandma Start Going To Bars And Since When Did She Learn How To Text? She's 69! Too Bad My Car Is Broken Right Now Or Else I Would Go
#96
Grandma Learning Speak-To-Text
#97
She Learned How To Scream While Texting
Jespren Ray 7 years ago
My dad does this too and probably for the same reason-he finds the capital letters easier to read.
#98
Big Improvement, She Is Trying
frederic eeckman 7 years ago
My mom (she's 82) does that all the time. But it's also an improvement, because before that she couldn't find the space key, so every text was just a loooong word with no space and no punctuation...
#100
He Cracks Me Up
#103
This Grandma
#104
Glad She's As Excited To Go To Disney This Weekend As I Am
#105
When Your 95 Year Old Grandmother Sends You A Gif Of Adam Levine Blowing Kisses And A Lovely Text
#106
Here's A Typical Text Message Convo Between Us: Questionable Sanity? Check. Caps Lock And Random Symbols? Check. A Spontaneous Need To Send Me The Location Of A Pizza Hut 800 Miles Away From Me? Check. I Think Granny's Texts Are My Favorite To Receive Honest To Goodness
#108
He Is Frankenstein And He Is Going To Spain
#109
When Your Grandma May Be Funnier Then You Are
#114
My Grandma Really Loves Me! I Love The Updates
#117
Grandma Just Sent This To Me. Like Her New Hairdo?
#118
Alpache Hugs
#121
Grnine
#126
Just A Random Text I Got From The Grandma
#128
This Is What Happens When The Internet Goes Down And Nana Can't Figure Out Her Ipad
#129
I Woke Up To This Text From My Grandpa Who Never Uses His Phone
#131
My Phone Has No Screen Shot Shot, But I Have A Funny Grandpa
#132
My Papa's Response To Our Discovery Of The Fact That He Is Indeed Snoop Dogg
#133
Grandma Has Everything She Needs
#134
Text From Grandma
#135
Papa Waiting For Dinner
#136
When Your Grandma Just Gets An Iphone And Thinks 'Lol' Means 'Lots Of Love'
#141
Texted My Brother About The Broncos Playing. 2 Min Later Get This Text From My Grandpa
#142
The Important Things. Love, Ita. Oh Sorry, I Mean, Ita
#145
My Grandma Tried To Talk To Me About My Dad's Competition, But A More Pressing Matter Arose. (Gracie Is Her Yappy Dog)
#146
Is That What You Want?
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Last2Know 7 years ago
I feel confused. Being a grandparent I'm not sure if I should laugh or wonder how my text got spread across the internet!
Last2Know 7 years ago
I feel confused. Being a grandparent I'm not sure if I should laugh or wonder how my text got spread across the internet!
lazy panda 7 years ago
This makes me miss my grandparents so much! Never take a moment you have with them for granted.
Last2Know 7 years ago
I feel confused. Being a grandparent I'm not sure if I should laugh or wonder how my text got spread across the internet!
Last2Know 7 years ago
I feel confused. Being a grandparent I'm not sure if I should laugh or wonder how my text got spread across the internet!
lazy panda 7 years ago
This makes me miss my grandparents so much! Never take a moment you have with them for granted.
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