# Some girl just told me that I have "an old soul".  What the heack does that mean?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 24, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-girl-just-told-me-that-i-have-an-old-soul-what-the-heack-does-that-mean/230848 "2004-02-24T06:48:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![zephyrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@zephyrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephyrine)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-girl-just-told-me-that-i-have-an-old-soul-what-the-heack-does-that-mean/230848/41 "2004-02-25T18:30:12Z")

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I once told a friend of mine that the man I was seeing had an old soul. She was impressed and immediately revised her opinion of him (she didn’t realise that the translation of “he has an old soul” meant “I know you think he’s an immature prat and I’m a fool for hanging around with him, so I’ll say something to make you shut up”. For the record, I knew he was an immature prat, but I loved him anyway).

Take it from me, **Muad’Dib** , she wants to get into your pants.

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-girl-just-told-me-that-i-have-an-old-soul-what-the-heack-does-that-mean/230848/42 "2004-02-26T00:31:10Z")

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> [@neofishboy](#):
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> Holy shit! It’s Abe Vigoda’s birthday? Damn!
> 
> Unfortunately, I have no idea how to properly celebrate…I mean, Bob Marley’s (Feb. 6) was easy…but Abe Vigoda…?
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> Maybe we should all go hide guns behind toilet tanks or something…

The proper way to celebrate is to tell anybody who will listen that, despite his stage name, Abe is not Italian.

He’s Jewish.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-girl-just-told-me-that-i-have-an-old-soul-what-the-heack-does-that-mean/230848/43 "2004-02-26T00:43:46Z")

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> [@yosemitebabe](#):
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> Yes, it sounds to me that that pretty much is _all_ it means.
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> No need to overanalyze this. I doubt that she has.

Nuh uh… Maybe she watched Dawson’s Creek too. Joey used to be called an “old soul” 😃

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-girl-just-told-me-that-i-have-an-old-soul-what-the-heack-does-that-mean/230848/44 "2004-02-26T18:08:52Z")

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If you laugh when somebody calls you an “old soul,” then you are a **“merry old soul,”** like old Nat King Cole.

What? Oh. OK, scratch the “Nat” part.

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**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-girl-just-told-me-that-i-have-an-old-soul-what-the-heack-does-that-mean/230848/45 "2004-02-26T19:13:56Z")

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Whenever that line was used on me, there was a desire for serious snugglebunnies.

Your mileage may vary.

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