# How old are you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 25, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037 "2006-06-25T01:33:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/41 "2006-06-25T04:16:01Z")

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> [@Jennshark](#):
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> 39 years and 4 months

We were probably born only a few days apart 🆒

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/42 "2006-06-25T04:17:33Z")

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1. :eek:

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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/43 "2006-06-25T04:18:46Z")

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> [@Clockwork And Candy](#):
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> OMG, we’re the same age and gender! _fistpunch_

And you were born 10 days after me! =O

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/44 "2006-06-25T04:21:41Z")

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43 in August.

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**Author:** ![Iyamity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/96bed5/32.png) [@Iyamity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iyamity)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/45 "2006-06-25T04:30:54Z")

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52

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/46 "2006-06-25T05:36:15Z")

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> [@pool](#):
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> Just turned 21 on Wednesday, got drunk at the strip club…big waste of money

You mean a big waste of your friends’ money, right?

> [@monica](#):
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> 1. Old enough to vote, too young to drink.

But old enough to die for your country or kill yourself smoking. Ain’t it a bitch?

> [@bubble pop electric](#):
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> 1. Is that some kind of record?

Not even close. I’m a **fetus**.

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/47 "2006-06-25T05:42:57Z")

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42

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**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/48 "2006-06-25T05:49:42Z")

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1.

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**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/49 "2006-06-25T05:56:41Z")

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I’m 32

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**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/50 "2006-06-25T09:25:38Z")

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I’ll be 30 in about 5 months.

And I’m not thinking about it. At all.

Really.

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/51 "2006-06-25T09:26:15Z")

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> [@Mbossa](#):
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> Hey hey, I’m the first 23-year-old to post to this thread. I am special.
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> [hijack]  
> **SnakesCatLady** , did you change your name quite recently? Cos I distinctly remember it having less capitalization, making it more ambiguous, like you had a low-key snake scat fetish or something. Or am I just disgustingly insane?  
> [/hijack]

[hijack reply]

I asked our kind **TubaDiva** to change the spelling, because you weren’t the only Doper that thought I had something weird going on involving snake poop. Since my username reflects my love of our local hockey team, the Columbus Cottonmouths (nicknamed the “Snakes”) and my love of cats, I thought a different spelling might get interested persons to at least **ask** rather than assume I had a snake shit fetish.

[/hijack reply]

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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/52 "2006-06-25T09:29:13Z")

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Snakes poop? Does it wind around in an ‘S’ shape?

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**Author:** ![Dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dusty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/53 "2006-06-25T09:52:39Z")

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23 years, 5 months, 16 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/54 "2006-06-25T12:08:02Z")

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I will be 45 on December 1st. Send cards. 🙂

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/55 "2006-06-25T12:24:42Z")

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1. 🆒

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**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/56 "2006-06-25T13:55:03Z")

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The big Four-Oh. Ugh! And with two kids under 5! I’ll be close to 60 when my second son graduates high school. OMG, I’m the **old mom**.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/57 "2006-06-25T13:59:00Z")

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1.

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**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/58 "2006-06-25T14:24:26Z")

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> [@RSSchen](#):
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> The big Four-Oh. Ugh! And with two kids under 5! I’ll be close to 60 when my second son graduates high school. OMG, I’m the **old mom**.

Not as old a mom as I am! I am 39 & 3 months. My daughter just turned 2, and we are working on having the next one as soon as possible!

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**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/59 "2006-06-25T14:30:52Z")

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> [@bubble pop electric](#):
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> 1. Is that some kind of record?

**SurrenderDorothy** is younger than you.

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**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/60 "2006-06-25T16:07:04Z")

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On 10 August I’ll be 79.

My advice to all you whippersnappers is try to keep living but not t grow old!

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