The old are ironic folks.

It's like an O. Henry story, but with old people!
"The Honorable Bobby Flanders did the only thing he could possibly do; he whipped out the AARP card. To any camera that would gaze upon him, he would favor them with stories of how these geriatrics had built this country. He would of course also tell them that any sort of on the road testing for seniors, and seniors only, smacked of prejudice against the elderly."