# How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641 "2013-01-09T16:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/1 "2013-01-09T16:52:32Z")
Just curious how the Dope is spread out, age-wise. I’m 47. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/2 "2013-01-09T16:56:05Z")
I’m 50-54. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/3 "2013-01-09T16:56:53Z")
“Old enough to fart dust” isn’t on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/4 "2013-01-09T17:03:19Z")
I’ll be 59 in a couple of weeks. ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/5 "2013-01-09T17:04:46Z")
I’m in the 45-49 category for a little while… and I’m going to enjoy it as much as I can! ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/6 "2013-01-09T17:07:06Z")
I’ll be 44 at the end of the month. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/7 "2013-01-09T17:41:54Z")
1. I’ll be 32 in July. I still find it hard to believe I’m in my 30s already. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/8 "2013-01-09T17:57:44Z")
27… The new teenage years of the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/9 "2013-01-09T18:01:15Z")
If I live to celebrate it I will be 50 in November - on\*\* Día de los Muertos\*\*… **Day of the Dead**. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/10 "2013-01-09T18:02:42Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > 1. I’ll be 32 in July. I still find it hard to believe I’m in my 30s already. Hey, I am three days into my 33rd year and I still can’t believe it. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/11 "2013-01-09T20:49:12Z")
42 Sent from my SGH-i677 using Board Express ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/12 "2013-01-09T20:59:25Z")
Just made it into 50-54. I hit the double nickles in a month. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Weeping\_Wyvern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@Weeping\_Wyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeping_Wyvern)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/13 "2013-01-09T21:07:58Z")
Twenty and a half. I’m such a small child. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/14 "2013-01-09T22:06:23Z")
Born in 1959, so 50-54 range. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/15 "2013-01-09T22:10:10Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Hey, I am three days into my 33rd year and I still can’t believe it. :eek: In another 119 days, you should have a party. With real record albums on a turntable. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/16 "2013-01-09T22:24:07Z")
I will be 55 in February. Old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/17 "2013-01-09T22:39:26Z")
49 in May. Looking forward to my first colonoscopy next year. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/18 "2013-01-09T22:41:19Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > 27.. The new teenage years of the Dope. Hey, me too! > [@scootergirl](#): > > If I live to celebrate it I will be 50 in November - on\*\* Día de los Muertos\*\*… **Day of the Dead**. Día de los Muertos, the holiday with the most metal sounding name. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/19 "2013-01-09T22:45:44Z")
41 Huh, this is surprising somehow I always imagined the average doper was in their 20’s ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641/20 "2013-01-09T22:52:57Z")
Yeah, we skew _old_ and foolish here. 🙂 Me, I’m 49. No comment on foolishness… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/646641.md?page=2)