Ricky Gervais Asked Grandparents To Share The Most Important Lesson They Ever Learned, And Their Responses Were Awesome

In a promotion for his new Netflix show "Derek" — about a group of people who work at an old-age home — comedian Ricky Gervais asked his Twitter followers to text an elder asking "What's the most important thing you learned in life?" 

He's already receiving screenshots of texts offering life lessons from grandparents and elderly people from all over. Some are sweet, some are downright hilarious. We've selected some of our favorites. More responses can be found by searching #TextsWithGran.

Here's the original request from Gervais:

Here are some of the responses.

From @SecretlyMissy:

@SecretlyMessy

 From @steveshorter:

@SteveShorter

 

From @chodie_:

@chodie_

From @big_rosscoe:

@big_roscoe

 

From @LTyrie:

@LTyrie

From @smennantgirl_:

@smennantgirl

From @johnnystone3:

@johnnystone3

From @jack_pannett:

@jack_pannett

From @bensmyth18:

@bensmyth18

From @xandibier10:

@xandibier10

From @James_A_Love:

@James_A_Love

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ricky-gervais-asks-for-texts-with-life-lessons-from-elderly-2013-10#ixzz2h6yv6rkD