# How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 2, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053 "2010-03-02T22:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/61 "2010-03-03T21:59:45Z")
> [@Panurge](#): > > 31 > [@Tahssa](#): > > 31 > [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > 31 > [@Lobot](#): > > 31 here. > > For some reason it surprises me that the 30s are less represented than both the 20s and 40s. 31, too. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/62 "2010-03-03T22:19:20Z")
25 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/63 "2010-03-03T23:24:23Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Cite? My cite is that 2010 is not a leap year. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/64 "2010-03-04T00:25:04Z")
48 yrs old in three days, I will be 7 squared. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/65 "2010-03-04T02:16:37Z")
I’m the WINNER so far! See oldest vote on the poll! ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/66 "2010-03-04T02:30:17Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Cite? Ask your wife. ---
**Author:** ![caymus28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@caymus28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caymus28)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/67 "2010-03-04T02:52:36Z")
37 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/68 "2010-03-04T13:36:00Z")
26… it seems like we’re almost all between 20 and 50… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/69 "2010-03-04T13:55:00Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > 26… it seems like we’re almost all between 20 and 50… Make that 20-60 and you have over 90%. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/70 "2010-03-04T15:26:46Z")
I’ll be 27 next Thursday! **Olives** and I should get some cake. ---
**Author:** ![Lestrade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Lestrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lestrade)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/71 "2010-03-04T15:59:54Z")
Hey! Where’s the option for eight and a half so I avoid getting nailed by the mods for violating the TOS? ---
**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/72 "2010-03-04T20:35:26Z")
I’m 41. How the hell did that happen? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/73 "2010-03-04T22:30:55Z")
With 400 responding to the poll, and at least one in every age category, I calculate the average age as 39.7 years. What is odd is that we have the same number of teenagers as people above the age of 70 (4 in each case). I would have thought we would get more teenagers here. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/74 "2010-03-05T03:39:08Z")
Let’s just say well into my 50s. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/75 "2010-03-05T04:07:38Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > As always, [Wikipedia has the answer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010). Would you rather AUC 2763 or Heisei 22? Ah. Then 17, as of a month from now. ---
**Author:** ![Random\_Design](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58f4c7/32.png) [@Random\_Design](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random_Design)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/76 "2010-03-05T10:02:40Z")
One person over 80, one over 90…? Someone having a lark? ---
**Author:** ![SpecialAgentJem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@SpecialAgentJem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpecialAgentJem)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/77 "2010-03-05T22:07:24Z")
25 in Oct ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/78 "2010-03-09T20:41:01Z")
This year I will be 29 … for the 16th year in a row. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/79 "2010-03-09T20:48:28Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > This year I will be 29 … for the 16th year in a row. I thought only women did that: or are you a woman using a man’s name Jack? ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/80 "2010-03-09T20:58:41Z")
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