# Keith Richards turns 60 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-turns-60/220021 "2003-12-19T18:24:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-turns-60/220021/1 "2003-12-19T18:24:12Z")
**Anti-drug activists give up** Actually missed it by a day, but good ol’ Keef [turned 60 yesterday](http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1099640,00.html) I’ll raise a bottle of Jack and a carton of smokes to many more. Wonder how many people lost their “Keith Richards will never make it to 60” bets yesterday? Hell, how many people lost their “Keith Richards will never make it to 40” bets in 1983? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-turns-60/220021/2 "2003-12-19T18:32:57Z")
I thought it was funny on NPR’s “Morning Edition” yesterday when Bob Edwards was rattling off birthdays at the top of the hour and mentioned “_commoner_ Keith Richards turns 60 today.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-turns-60/220021/3 "2003-12-19T18:36:58Z")
… and he doesn’t look a day over 95. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-turns-60/220021/4 "2003-12-19T19:24:31Z")
So, when can we crumble Kieth Richards up and smoke **him**? ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-turns-60/220021/5 "2003-12-19T19:25:25Z")
Keith’s been dead for 20 years already. The cocaine just hasn’t worn off yet. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-turns-60/220021/6 "2003-12-19T23:35:59Z")
It’s pronounced Kayth. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ave\_Minerva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@Ave\_Minerva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ave_Minerva)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-turns-60/220021/7 "2003-12-19T23:49:13Z")
It should be apparent to all that Keef can’t be killed by conventional means. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-turns-60/220021/8 "2003-12-19T23:58:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ave Minerva \* > \*\*It should be apparent to all that Keef can’t be killed by conventional means. \*\* Conventional _or_ chemical, it would seem. So what _will_ it take, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Ave\_Minerva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@Ave\_Minerva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ave_Minerva)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-turns-60/220021/9 "2003-12-20T00:56:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kizarvexius \* > \*\*Conventional _or_ chemical, it would seem. > > So what _will_ it take, I wonder? \*\* Either black magic or some sort of area 51 reversed engineered alien weapon…or a 1920’s style death ray. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keith-richards-turns-60/220021/10 "2003-12-20T03:39:29Z")
It should be phrased _had he lived_, Keith Richards would have been 60.