EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER

I'm having a great day: I woke up early, got out of bed, went to the bathroom. In that order.

What’s so funny about this? I just realized that this joke starts almost like the lyrics to the Beatles’ song A Day in the Life. Only in the song, after he falls out of bed, he drags a comb across his head. He then skips the bathroom all together and goes directly downstairs to drink a cup (of tea, presumably). OK they’re not that close. But let’s face it we all have pretty similar morning routines. And the elements described in the joke are extremely standard. So why is the guy so happy? The answer is provided in the last line of the joke. We learn that he woke up, got out of bed and went to the bathroom in the right or correct order. Is he serious? Could there even be a different order? Well, yes, if you are the age of this little old man. Strange things happen to our bodies as we age and sometimes we lose control over some of the body functions. Waking up for instance. Once upon a time, I’