# How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377 "2004-09-27T23:29:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/101 "2004-09-28T13:09:24Z")
1. Sometimes I still get carded, and sometimes I think the kid behind the counter at McDonald’s wants to offer me the senior citizen’s discount. I’m a two-face! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/102 "2004-09-28T13:25:58Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > 41 do We have an 81-year-old Doper? You asked 81? LXXXIII QED 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/103 "2004-09-28T13:40:16Z")
25 – in Hex. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/104 "2004-09-28T13:57:15Z")
27 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/105 "2004-09-28T13:59:53Z")
Older than my hair and younger than my teeth. Also known as 43. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/106 "2004-09-28T14:06:43Z")
_sobs_ I’m 29. Today. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/107 "2004-09-28T14:09:14Z")
31 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/108 "2004-09-28T14:49:45Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > _sobs_ > > I’m 29. > > Today. :eek: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear **TellMeI’mNotCrazy**! Happy birthday to you! Before next year, you should consider changing your username to something that fits the song better! 😉 BTW, I’m 42 for about five more weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/109 "2004-09-28T14:54:45Z")
38 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/110 "2004-09-28T14:56:29Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Happy birthday to you! > Happy birthday to you! > Happy birthday, dear **TellMeI’mNotCrazy**! > Happy birthday to you! > > Before next year, you should consider changing your username to something that fits the song better! 😉 > > BTW, I’m 42 for about five more weeks. Why thank you 😉 Glad you didn’t hyperventilate trying to fit all that into one breath! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/111 "2004-09-28T15:03:26Z")
If I’m wearing a hat, people think I’m in my 20s. Without my hat they think I’m in my 40’s. But I’m 34. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/112 "2004-09-28T15:05:08Z")
0b10110 ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/113 "2004-09-28T15:12:17Z")
24 (as of Friday). ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/114 "2004-09-28T15:16:09Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Why thank you 😉 Glad you didn’t hyperventilate trying to fit all that into one breath! Well, I managed okay this time, but of course by next year, I’ll be a year older! So, if you expect more singing on your 30th birthday change your user name to just “Crazy” or something! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hard\_at\_work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@hard\_at\_work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hard_at_work)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/115 "2004-09-28T15:40:37Z")
whoo hoo - I’m 27! Mr. hard at work is 36. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/116 "2004-09-28T15:58:12Z")
62 . . . in one week. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/117 "2004-09-28T16:01:39Z")
1. My daughter turns into a teen ager in a couple of weeks, which should slap a few decades onto that in fairly short order. > [@](#): > > You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/118 "2004-09-28T17:41:04Z")
35 since May and still not quite believing it. I remember being a teen and thinking people in their 30’s were soooo old. Now I are one! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/119 "2004-09-28T17:50:51Z")
Inevitably, whenever these types of threads appear, one of the smart mathmatical types produces a statistical analysis of the acquired data. I can’t wait to see the trends! So far it looks like the 16 - 28 group is the high spot in our curve (but don’t trust a social scientist). I was just glad to find out I wasn’t the oldest one or the only senior here! I can’t wait to see the statistics. I’m sure the _right person_ is just out there waiting till the thread slows down, and has already been compiling data, right? ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377/120 "2004-09-28T17:54:01Z")
> [@bafaa](#): > > 35 since May and still not quite believing it. I remember being a teen and thinking people in their 30’s were soooo old. Now I are one! :eek: Man, that’s totally how I feel. It flet so galling when I adjusted my age range on my personals ad up to 45. :eek: So, does being past 35 mean I can’t shop at [Hot Topic](http://www.hottopic.com/) anymore? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/266377.md?page=7)