You know you're getting old; there are certain signs. I walked past a cemetery, and two guys ran after me with shovels.

In Dangerfield’s familiar self-deprecating persona, aging is framed not as dignity or wisdom but as a series of humiliations and near-misses. The setup (“certain signs”) mimics observational comedy, then swerves into absurdity: the cemetery—symbol of death—becomes a place where he is mistaken for someone ready to be buried. The joke depends on exaggeration and misrecognition, turning a common anxiety about getting older into a slapstick image of mortality literally chasing him. It also fits Dangerfield’s broader theme of “no respect,” where even in the face of death he’s treated as disposable or already finished.