"The greatest generation" doesn't even come close.

My dad went to have a tooth pulled yesterday. He said the dentist looked young enough to be my son.

Before pulling the tooth, the guy told my dad "This might hurt a little."

My dad said "It won't hurt as much as having shrapnel pulled out of your leg without the benefit of anesthesia."

(See WWII, Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes Forest.)