# How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840 "2007-10-24T18:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/81 "2007-10-24T21:45:43Z")
[QUOTE=fessie] 42 [/QUOTE] Darnit. I was hoping to be the first 42 to check in. ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/82 "2007-10-24T21:50:07Z")
As old as my tongue, and a little older than my teeth. Oh, fine. I’m 32. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/83 "2007-10-24T21:55:34Z")
I turned 86 11 days ago (10/13). ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/84 "2007-10-24T22:04:23Z")
18 ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/85 "2007-10-24T22:10:15Z")
Im 25 - but part of me still thinks Im 16. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/86 "2007-10-24T22:16:30Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] The youngest is **Captain Socks** , at 13 (or maybe 14). The oldest is **David Simmons** at 85. [/QUOTE] Yup, yup, and yup to the best of my recollection. **Surrender Dorothy** seemed to hold the title for almost a year, but no longer. But I guess if we could get technical about who has been around the longest, I think \*\*[Lynn](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=2) \*\* is guilty. Oh,and I’m 26. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/87 "2007-10-24T22:19:55Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] Are you gonna make a spreadsheet or something? Will you post the median age? [/QUOTE] Well, not an official spreadsheet, but here’s a breakdown of what people have reported so far. The following is a list of the ages, with each star representing a doper who stated that year as his age: 18 \* 19 \*\* 20 21 \*\*\*\* 22 23 \*\* 24 \*\* 25 \*\*\*\* 26 \*\*\* 27 \* 28 \*\* 29 \*\*\* 30 \*\* 31 \*\*\*\* 32 \*\*\*\*\* 33 \* 34 \* 35 \* 36 \*\* 37 \*\*\* 38 \*\*\*\*\*\* 39 \*\*\* 40 \* 41 \*\* 42 \*\* 43 44 45 \*\* 46 47 \* 48 \*\* 49 \* 50 \*\* 51 \*\* 52 • 53 \*\*\* 54 \*\* 55 56 \* 57 \* 58 59 \* 60 61 62 \* 68 \* 86 \* I excluded third-party mentions of other dopers’ ages, just to be on the safe-side. I’m going to wait to accumulate some more posts before I plot a median age. I’ll wait until, say, Friday (which is a day I will likely have time to collate data such as this.) In the meantime, keep 'em coming! ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/88 "2007-10-24T22:21:34Z")
69 ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/89 "2007-10-24T22:56:28Z")
27 for another three months. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/90 "2007-10-24T22:56:31Z")
I’m 49 for 2 1/2 more weeks. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/91 "2007-10-24T22:57:57Z")
1. I think it’s fun to say you feel old once you’re into your 20s, only to watch those who are a couple decades older than you start to weep. ---
**Author:** ![Sequent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Sequent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sequent)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/92 "2007-10-24T23:00:24Z")
Add another star for 32! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/93 "2007-10-24T23:00:59Z")
67 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/94 "2007-10-24T23:02:34Z")
62! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/95 "2007-10-24T23:04:47Z")
Two days shy of 45. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/96 "2007-10-24T23:06:07Z")
I believe I am the **8th** 38 year old. That’s pretty cool. We could have our own dopefest 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/97 "2007-10-24T23:14:28Z")
30 on the nose, with the maturity of roughly 14. I seem to be getting dumber, sillier, and _girlier_ as I get older. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/98 "2007-10-24T23:21:51Z")
41 for another 2 weeks. But I look 39 and a half. In good light. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/99 "2007-10-24T23:22:56Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] 62! [/QUOTE] I misread that as 621 at first :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840/100 "2007-10-24T23:24:20Z")
1. I remember my oldest brother being 26 when I was 11. I thought he was so old… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/423840.md?page=6)