# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/161 "2000-04-17T02:35:00Z")
I am 38 - BARELY! Hey UncleBeer, when will you be 39? * * * Pardon me while I burst into flames. ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/162 "2000-04-17T02:38:00Z")
29 till december * * * Oh your from Wales?? Do you know a fella named Jonah?? He used to live in whales for a while. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/163 "2000-04-17T02:48:00Z")
Another Pisces reporting in. I’m 31. * * * Work is fine for killin’ time, but it’s a shaky way to make a living. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/164 "2000-04-17T02:58:00Z")
28 here…18 days ubtil 29. Is there anyone out there who is a Taurus? ---
**Author:** ![Sentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sentinel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/165 "2000-04-17T03:02:00Z")
Aw crumbs! I guess I’ll have to fess up. 47 alive and kicking and still being a pain in the ass. 😉 * * * **CAREFUL! We don’t want to learn from this!** (Calvin and Hobbs) ---
**Author:** ![Sentinel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sentinel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sentinel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/166 "2000-04-17T03:04:00Z")
I’m a Taurus and that means that shortly I’ll be 48 and _still_ a pain in the ass. * * * **CAREFUL! We don’t want to learn from this!** (Calvin and Hobbs) ---
**Author:** ![terrapin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@terrapin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terrapin)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/167 "2000-04-17T03:13:00Z")
40, Taurus, and with this I’ve immediately doubled my post count. Thank God for the easy questions! ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/168 "2000-04-17T03:29:00Z")
I’m 35 until October.1964 was such a great year. The Beatles came to American soil. Yeah!! * * * The operation? Well, now I walk like a duck, but I won’t sue 'cause I’m getting a lot of laughs. Sig courtesy of **Wally the Great** ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/169 "2000-04-17T04:25:00Z")
44 - Born on Elvis’ birthday in '56. > [@](#): > > 1956 was definitely a vintage year Damn Straight! > [@](#): > > I am 38 - BARELY! 38 and bare is a favorite of mine, Diane! 🙂 Ugly * * * Go ahead, be frank with me. In fact, be anyone you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/170 "2000-04-17T05:15:00Z")
Eighteen and Gemini. * * * _“The best way to do mathematics is to be creatively lazy.” -I. M. Isaacs_ ---
**Author:** ![Euri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e57/32.png) [@Euri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euri)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/171 "2000-04-17T05:17:00Z")
I feel young…so none of you are going to EVER KNOW BUAHAHAHAAHAHAH * * * This message brought to you by BRAINS®, the new headfiller! ---
**Author:** ![Lanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@Lanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanna)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/172 "2000-04-17T10:02:00Z")
1. -Lanna ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/173 "2000-04-17T10:18:00Z")
18 years young. Bringing the average down, Louie ---
**Author:** ![DaphyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@DaphyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphyDuck)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/174 "2000-04-17T10:33:00Z")
keeping the average age down at 21 * * * “incognuity” should be a word! ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/175 "2000-04-17T10:44:00Z")
23 Sam ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/176 "2000-04-17T10:45:00Z")
Bringing the average down. I’m 17 and a Scorpio. I feel so young here. * * * Never run from anything immortal, it attracts their attention. _Brought to you by the Amazon woman of Canada._ ---
**Author:** ![AKAmame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@AKAmame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AKAmame)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/177 "2000-04-17T11:19:00Z")
43, another 1956 vintage. Am I the only one here born under the sign of the Sceptic? ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/178 "2000-04-17T12:59:00Z")
Hey Ugly, where ya been? 🙂 My daughter was also born on January 8th, only in 1984. Just to bring the average up a bit, I am really 94. ---
**Author:** ![h\_thur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@h\_thur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h_thur)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/179 "2000-04-17T13:27:00Z")
Turned 27 just last week. ---
**Author:** ![TripleAnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TripleAnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleAnt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/180 "2000-04-17T19:29:00Z")
19 * * * This is the most exciting thing I’ve seen since Halley’s Comet collided with the moon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127.md?page=10)