I'm 37. I'm not old!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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[Monty Python]
I’m 37. I’m not old!
[/Monty Python]

As of 9/4/2005 I get to say this exact quote for the next year.

Life is good. :smiley:

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I’m 16. You’re old :smiley:

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Back during the first Clinton administration, much was made of the youth of his staff. The local paper profiled one of his staffers and referred to him as the “middle-aged” member of the White House team. He was a dear friend of mine, a schoolmate, and we were 36 at the time. We weren’t middle-aged! And we definitely weren’t old!

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[YODA]
You will be… you will be…
[/YODA]

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You’re older than you’ve ever been and now you’re even older
And now you’re even older
And now you’re even older
You’re older than you’ve ever been and now you’re even older
And
Now
You’re
Ol-
Der
Still.

–They Might Be Giants

:eek: Age is just a number. Tattooed on your forehead. -BoD

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I was so much older, then. I’m younger than that, now…

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well, i’m sorry, i couldn’t just call you man, could i

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One thing I’ve learned in 37 years is that the definition of “Old” seems to change the older I get.

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The only thing that matters is how you’ve mis-spent your youth?

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You could call me, “Dragwyr.” :smiley:

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Indeedy. It seems like yesterday that I was the little third-grader looking on in awe at the seventh-graders thinking OMG! They’re almost in high school! They’re OLD! :eek: These days they look like midgets. I could probably pick them off with a wiffle bat if I felt so inclined. I imagine I’ll be thinking the same thing about 16-year-olds when I’m 40.

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I didn’t know you were called Dragwyr :smiley:

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Well, you didn’t bother to find out, didn’t you?

I object to automatically being treated like an inferior.

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A couple more years (about 3 in your case) and the definition of “old” converges with one’s actual age.

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Dude. Harsh. :smiley:

But in a good way.

Humm… let’s see… gauging relative levels of oldnitude here… My rule of thumb is if you don’t know anybody twice as old as you are, you’re middle-aged. If the oldest person you know is only half again as old as you are, you either need to get out more or you’re old. Possibly both.

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Well, i am king, you know …

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You realize that if you go to a Dopefest anytime in the next year, everyone’s going to address you as “Old woman!”

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Here’s how to find out if you’re old. Go up to a random teen and ask, “Do you like Flock of Seagulls?” If they think you’re talking about a pile of noisy birds, you’re old.

I felt old the day there was a Max Headroom sample on a radio commercial at work, and a young customer exclaimed, “Oh, I love Jim Carrey!” :smack:

So old, so very old…

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You’re only as old as you look. :smiley:

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You’re only as old as whom you feel. :smiley: