# average doper age? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 5, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625 "2002-12-05T03:59:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/161 "2002-12-07T16:22:41Z")
I’ll be 48 on December 25th. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/162 "2002-12-07T16:52:08Z")
1. I may never be normal, but at least I can be average! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/163 "2002-12-07T16:55:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\* > > sunstone, this is going to be close. I’m almost **59 and a half**. My birthday in in July. How about you? > > Do I hear 60? Give me 60? A bid of 60? \*\* You want 60, you’ve got it! I made the big 6-0 in October. So, **Zoe** : How _you_ doin’? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/164 "2002-12-07T16:55:20Z")
I am the same age as **Eve** and **Madonna** although not nearly as fabulous. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/165 "2002-12-07T17:38:27Z")
37, male, single. unclviny ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/166 "2002-12-07T18:08:54Z")
1. Going up? ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/167 "2002-12-07T20:49:30Z")
44 last week ---
**Author:** ![bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@bee\_with\_an\_itch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bee_with_an_itch)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/168 "2002-12-07T20:52:10Z")
nuther young’un here : I’m a 17 year old gal ---
**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:** [December 7, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/169 "2002-12-07T22:12:47Z")
38 years old ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/170 "2002-12-07T22:25:58Z")
30 year old. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/171 "2002-12-07T22:55:44Z")
42…urgghhhh ---
**Author:** ![Superspy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@Superspy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superspy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/172 "2002-12-07T22:58:57Z")
just turned 18 ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/173 "2002-12-07T23:02:00Z")
I’m 19, and turning 20 in early February. I feel so young! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/174 "2002-12-08T01:20:54Z")
John Carter of Mars said: > [@](#): > > You want 60, you’ve got it! I made the big 6-0 in October. > > So, Zoe: How you doin’? I’m good, John! If these youngsters are mean to me, I’ll just hit 'em with my cane. We live one state to the north of you. My husband is from Prattville/Montgomery. How _y’all_ doin’? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/175 "2002-12-08T04:33:53Z")
37, as of a few months ago. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/176 "2002-12-08T04:35:51Z")
Well, Zoe, I was born in April, 1943…but I’m not near as old as John Carter of Mars. Looks like Zoe, John Carter of Mars and Sunstone are the three oldest so far! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/177 "2002-12-08T04:42:24Z")
Doing my best to be… er, **keep us** average, I’m 32. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/178 "2002-12-08T05:28:42Z")
Posted by **Zoe** : “How y’all doin’?” Us-all is fair to middlin’. I’m about 60 miles Northeast of Montgomery. There are dopers older than the three of us, **sunstone**. Either they are taking extended winter naps, as the elderly are prone to do, or they don’t want to 'fess up! ---
**Author:** ![Daoloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Daoloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daoloth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/179 "2002-12-08T06:58:47Z")
Goin’ on 17, junior in high school. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/180 "2002-12-08T21:46:02Z")
Turned 30 in June. But I’m still thin and gorgeous. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625.md?page=10)