# I'm Officially Over-the-Hill **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565 "2006-11-15T18:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/1 "2006-11-15T18:53:14Z")
I just looked in the mirror to see why my nose was itching. I thought it might be a booger or something. GAAH!!! I have nose hairs that are longer than they have ever been. To the point of showing. Not only that, some of them are GREY! Does anybody know of someone who carries that hair-dye for men, only for nose hairs? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/2 "2006-11-15T18:59:56Z")
I had one of those, I’m getting old moments a couple weeks ago. I had ordered a bedding set (sheets,comforter,pillow cases,shams etc) and they were due to be delivered. I had two almost simultaneous thoughts that day. 1. “Oh boy! My new sheets are coming today! That’s so cool!” 2. “Oh crap, I’m excited about new sheets. That’s the most pathetic thing ever.” Ah well, guess I should just go ahead and admit I’m rapidly approaching middle age. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/3 "2006-11-15T19:06:10Z")
It’s called Only For Nose Hairs? Does nobody run with scissors anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/4 "2006-11-15T19:13:34Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] It’s called Only For Nose Hairs? Does nobody run with scissors anymore? [/QUOTE] I just did. Away with those bastards! I’m also waiting with them in hand in front of this mirror. For shirley the ear hairs are coming soon. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/5 "2006-11-19T15:04:43Z")
Just had my first DRE. As long as the grey stays above the waist I’m fine with it. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/6 "2006-11-19T15:27:11Z")
A few years ago I had to start trimming my eyebrows. ☹ I knew I was over the hill then. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/7 "2006-11-19T16:19:30Z")
[QUOTE=Cabin\_Fever] I just looked in the mirror to see why my nose was itching. I thought it might be a booger or something. GAAH!!! I have nose hairs that are longer than they have ever been. To the point of showing. Not only that, some of them are GREY! Does anybody know of someone who carries that hair-dye for men, only for nose hairs? [/QUOTE] Kids these days. :rolleyes: Try braiding your nose hairs for a trend-setting personal style that’ll make you the envy of all your less nasally-hirsute friends. Ear hairs should be kept long enough to contribute to much-desired comb-over effect for that balding pate. Or, for you aging hippies, pull them back into a ponytail for that timeless “anti-establishment statement” effect. Then get off of my lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/8 "2006-11-19T17:21:09Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] A few years ago I had to start trimming my eyebrows. ☹ I knew I was over the hill then. [/QUOTE] That’s what clinched it for me, too. I plucked one the other day that must have been 4 inches long! I looked like some freaky mad scientist (not that there’s anything wrong with that). ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/9 "2006-11-19T17:28:05Z")
Trimming the eyebrows? I’ve been trimming and tweezing eyebrows since I was fourteen. Oh no, it’s when I found the inch long stray dead center between the brows I knew I had passed my peak. ---
**Author:** ![notthatagain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@notthatagain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notthatagain)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/10 "2006-11-19T17:36:22Z")
Hair proliferating in one’s ears and nose (particularly if you’re balding) is the Universe’s idea of delivering the message of mortality with humor. The _cruelty_ is not being able to see it unless you’re looking through the bottom of your tri-focals while standing _very_ close to the mirror. I wish I didn’t have to know these things \ ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/11 "2006-11-19T23:57:12Z")
If your nose hair is grey, this might be boogers growing on the hair, What I do is just get a pair on scissors and snip, snip snip. Small hairs of course, and if your’e careful it works. Ears hairs the same, but it’s hard to get the little SOB’s! Old fart speaking… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/12 "2006-11-19T23:59:14Z")
I have frigging nose hairs and I’m 21. I’m a freak. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/13 "2006-11-20T01:34:19Z")
You want a nose hair trimmer, not nose hair dye. If you dye it, it will still be there! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-over-the-hill/380565/14 "2006-11-20T02:05:51Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] A few years ago I had to start trimming my eyebrows. ☹ I knew I was over the hill then. [/QUOTE] Heck I have to trim my ears. It sucks that I could end up with fuzzier ears than my dog.