ripe Meaning and Definition

...ipe old age. About a week after the new priest arrived, he visited the Mayor of the town and seemed very concerned. The priest said, ""You have to do something about the sidewalks in town. When people come into the confessional, they keep talking about having fallen."" The Mayor started to laugh, realizing that no-one had told the new priest about the code word. Before the mayor could explain, the priest shook an accusing finger at the mayor and said, ""I do...