# Old Father Time v. Eddie Van Halen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170 "2007-01-08T17:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/21 "2007-01-09T12:20:28Z")
Jeez, that looks like they photoshopped Alex’s face on Ed’s body. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/22 "2007-01-09T14:47:48Z")
[QUOTE=Flipstrip] Here’s a more recent photo of [Eddie](http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/details_pop.aspx?iid=72090921&cdi=0) taken in October 2006. [/QUOTE] That one ain’t much better… So, those teeth- a tweeker, or did chemo and radiation do that? Or just incredibly lax hygiene? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/23 "2007-01-09T14:51:27Z")
Looks like Methamphetamine did him in. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/24 "2007-01-09T17:46:50Z")
[QUOTE=Sam Stone] Looks like Methamphetamine did him in. [/QUOTE] From what I’ve read, Eddie denies taking meth. But damn if that doesn’t look like “meth mouth.” ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/25 "2007-01-09T18:16:56Z")
He was so cute when they looked [alike](http://www.americanphoto.co.jp/pages/celebrity/H/1119/Previews/Plans-8360.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/26 "2007-01-09T18:37:39Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] That one ain’t much better… So, those teeth- a tweeker, or did chemo and radiation do that? Or just incredibly lax hygiene? [/QUOTE] My MIL’s teeth are all screwed up from chemo. However, the chemo was in the 80s and the teeth are now just becoming buggered. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/27 "2007-01-09T18:42:56Z")
man-he looks terrible! He ought to consider his (own) advice:…“might as well JUMP! (JUMP)…Go ahead and jump!” How come Mick jagger looks relatively good? ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/28 "2007-01-09T18:43:07Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] That one ain’t much better… So, those teeth- a tweeker, or did chemo and radiation do that? Or just incredibly lax hygiene? [/QUOTE] Either/or it must be fixable. I think he needs a new publicist. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/29 "2007-01-09T20:20:33Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] How come Mick jagger looks relatively good? [/QUOTE] Mick is a known health-nut - runs miles every day, watches what he eats, etc. While Keef is still a carrouser, Mick gave it up decades ago… ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/30 "2007-01-09T20:28:23Z")
Old Father Time vs. Eddie Van Halen? Not only is Old Father Time winning this one, hands down, but I daresay Old Father Time looks like a spring chicken in comparison to poor Eddie. I think the important thing to remember here is this: if you’re going to live fast, you’ve GOT to die young in order to leave a beautiful corpse. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/31 "2007-01-10T02:24:29Z")
Perhaps in the same way that the Japanese appear to age very slowly, Nederlanders appear to age more quickly? ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/32 "2007-01-10T02:46:04Z")
[QUOTE=Rube E. Tewesday] When I was 15 I sure would have been prepared to take that challenge…sigh… [/QUOTE] I hear you…oh, yeah, do I hear you… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/33 "2007-01-10T03:40:14Z")
[QUOTE=theater in a crowded fire] I’m a huge VH fan (so big that the wife and I have seriously discussed naming our first future child Halen if it’s a girl). [/QUOTE] Please don’t. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/34 "2007-01-12T18:24:40Z")
This new [LA Weekly article](http://www.laweekly.com/general/a-considerable-town/not-with-eddie/15381/) is sadly appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170/35 "2007-01-13T00:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness] This new [LA Weekly article](http://www.laweekly.com/general/a-considerable-town/not-with-eddie/15381/) is sadly appropriate. [/QUOTE] And appropriately sad. Sigh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-father-time-v-eddie-van-halen/387170.md?page=1)