# average age **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2000, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127 "2000-03-29T07:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TomH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@TomH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TomH)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/21 "2000-03-29T13:29:00Z")
My _average_ age (age each year ÷ number of years) is still one. I just don’t get it. [preparing to be shot down in flames by mathematician …] ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/22 "2000-03-29T14:02:00Z")
I’m 38. If my calculations are correct, so far the average age is: 32.85714285714 * * * New and Improved Enright3 ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/23 "2000-03-29T14:12:00Z")
25 And, thanks for giving me this post padding opportunity * * * We went right out there and refused to do accoustical versions of the electrical songs that we had refused to record in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/24 "2000-03-29T14:20:00Z")
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**Author:** ![GolfWidow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GolfWidow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GolfWidow)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/25 "2000-03-29T14:23:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/26 "2000-03-29T14:25:00Z")
1. This summer, I’ll turn 29 for the first time. * * * Gamera is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we’ve been eating Gam-er-aaaa… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/27 "2000-03-29T14:26:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/28 "2000-03-29T14:48:00Z")
## Okay, I know a woman is **supposed** to say that she is 29 forever, but I really am 29. Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/29 "2000-03-29T14:51:00Z")
31 – no really I am 31, I know I look young for my age \< hehe \> ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/30 "2000-03-29T14:54:00Z")
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**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/31 "2000-03-29T14:55:00Z")
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**Author:** ![sorrel554](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/32 "2000-03-29T15:00:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/33 "2000-03-29T15:07:00Z")
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**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/34 "2000-03-29T15:07:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/35 "2000-03-29T15:08:00Z")
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**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/36 "2000-03-29T15:26:00Z")
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**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/37 "2000-03-29T15:32:00Z")
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**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/38 "2000-03-29T15:47:00Z")
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**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/39 "2000-03-29T15:50:00Z")
19 * * * if wishes were fishes, we could walk on the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Havoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Havoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Havoc)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/40 "2000-03-29T15:53:00Z")
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