# What are you too old for (but you do it anyway)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 4, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780 "2005-10-04T20:36:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/21 "2005-10-05T12:47:08Z")
My collection of Breyer & Peter Stone model horses. I have about 450 “toy horses”, and still buy them when I can. Zoos. I never miss an opportunity to go to a zoo ! GOOD animation. I have little tolerance for the cheaply done , flat looking things that pass as cartoons (Like SpongeBob) , but show me a beautifully drawn feature like Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, and you have my full attention. Archie comics. I still buy them on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/22 "2005-10-05T12:51:19Z")
tattoos… beautiful flowers, butterflies and a hummingbird open mind… and always remember… I was young once… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/23 "2005-10-05T13:17:39Z")
Playing in a rock band. Or as I call it, my mid-life crisis band. We just played a gig over the weekend and the place was jumpin’ - well over a hundred people in a bar that can handle about 80. Lots of dancing and singing a long - shots were had, MILF sitings abounded - you get the idea. At the end, at about 2 in the morning, a good friend of mine and I were having a beer and looking back on the busy day. He turns to me and says “it must feel really good to know you rock.” I was both flattered and embarrassed. On one hand, I completely understand what he means and he is right - it DOES feel good. On the other hand, being 42 and thinking “wow, I rock!” is an incredibly silly mental picture to have… ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/24 "2005-10-05T13:38:13Z")
watching Saturday Night Live. They’re all younger than me now. Sometimes I don’t even know who the host is, or who the musical guest is. I hardly ever think its funny, and I’m always too tired the next day. I just can’t resist watching it though. I really love the “live” aspect of it. I think that’s why I like talk radio so much too. ---
**Author:** ![liberty3701](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/25 "2005-10-05T14:00:58Z")
My S.O. and I play with stuffed animals. They all have names and personalities, intricate relationships. My teddy bears have their own teddy bears. Some have S.O.'s for themselves. Oh, and they’re all insane. ---
**Author:** ![Megyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Megyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Megyn)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/26 "2005-10-05T14:08:28Z")
Tinkerbell. 🙂 I’m 32. My younger sister refuses to be seen with me in public if I’m wearing one of my gazillion Tink t-shirts. She’ll conceed on the sweatshirt in the winter, but only because she bought it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/27 "2005-10-05T15:04:38Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Playing in a rock band. Or as I call it, my mid-life crisis band. We just played a gig over the weekend and the place was jumpin’ - well over a hundred people in a bar that can handle about 80. Lots of dancing and singing a long - shots were had, MILF sitings abounded - you get the idea. > > At the end, at about 2 in the morning, a good friend of mine and I were having a beer and looking back on the busy day. He turns to me and says “it must feel really good to know you rock.” > > I was both flattered and embarrassed. On one hand, I completely understand what he means and he is right - it DOES feel good. On the other hand, being 42 and thinking “wow, I rock!” is an incredibly silly mental picture to have… HA! Busted! You’re Stephen King (or Dave Barry). 😃 We go to the zoo all the time - I see tons of kids there, but I don’t think of the zoo as a kid’s place. It’s so much more than that, with their conservation focus and adult education classes and seminars and such. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/28 "2005-10-05T15:16:35Z")
Being completely hooked on _The OC_ . . . and only partly because of Peter Gallagher (I’m 34). 😃 > [@Antigen](#): > > Jumping into puddles/piles of leaves. Exactly my first thought upon seeing the thread title. 🙂 > [@AHunter3](#): > > I’m 47 but I’ll still swing on a swingset (if it’s one of the solidly-built ones with the anchored poles and the canvas seats) at full throttle for 30-45 minutes a pop, if given the chance. Another good one! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/29 "2005-10-05T15:25:10Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > HA! Busted! You’re Stephen King (or Dave Barry). 😃 What - I can’t be Amy Tan? 😃 I haven’t seen the Rock Bottom Remainders, but I hear they have more fun than anything. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/30 "2005-10-05T15:29:06Z")
Action figures. Comic books. Anime. Running to get places 'cause walking is too slow. Having chips and dip for dinner. Reading about the latst hijinks of the latest teen starlets. (Why do I care about Lindsey Lohan and her feud with Hillary Duff? I don’t know.) Shopping at [Hot Topic](http://www.hottopic.com/). It’s cheesy goth crap for teenagers but I loooove cheesy goth crap. And they didn’t have stores like this when I _was_ a teenager, dangit. I’m often the oldest person in there. (just don’t tell **Urbanchic** so I don’t lose _all_ my fashion cred) ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/31 "2005-10-05T15:29:18Z")
I lived nearly fulltime within an online fantasy game for 6 months (FFXI - MMORPG). There were literally millions of players from all over the world, including Japan, and I believe I was the only 48-year-old woman in the game. Btw, I made a damn good redmage. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/32 "2005-10-05T15:45:47Z")
> [@Madd Maxx](#): > > Bong hits and video games. At the same time. Right on brother. Bong hits, games, RC toys I’d still play with GI Joe toys if I had them. 32 y/o ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/33 "2005-10-05T18:46:00Z")
Skateboarding Mountain biking Motorcycling (especially 150+ horsepower sportbike riding) Ice hockey Roleplaying games (particularly Shadowrun, the cyberpunk/fantasy RPG) Going to gaming conventions Going to industrial clubs Video games Dressing like a 14-year-old skater punk Hot Topic Dabbling at playing guitar, bass and drums (hard rock/heavy metal style) Chococat (from Sanrio, purveyor of Hello Kitty) Harry Potter Cool gadgets Spiffy sportscars (I love the Lotus Elise though even _I_ admit it’s too impractical to own) The Three Investigators and Trixie Belden books Living on fast food Candy (especially M&M’s) Okay, so maybe I’m not really too old for some of that stuff (I’m 40), but dammit, I refuse to grow up! I figure I can have the best of both worlds: the income and freedoms of an adult with the pastimes I didn’t get to pursue as a teenager. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/34 "2005-10-05T19:25:28Z")
Coloring. Give me a box of Crayolas and a coloring book and I’m a happy camper. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/35 "2005-10-05T19:28:46Z")
I’m currently in the process of teaching my 12-YO daughter to listen to (and appreciate) good _old_ Rock ‘n’ Roll 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/36 "2005-10-05T19:40:58Z")
> [@Southpaw](#): > > Coloring. Give me a box of Crayolas and a coloring book and I’m a happy camper. Ooh! Ooh! I do this, too! 😃 I have a big container full of coloring books and crayons and markers at home, and I collect Crayola products. In fact, I have a stuffed crayon sitting on my bookshelf here at work: I just took [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/misnomer971/49733390/in/set-867345/) picture of it a few minutes ago, with my camera phone. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/37 "2005-10-05T19:43:22Z")
Grease burgers. Grease coated onion rings. Taco Bell road kill tacos. I’m way too old (65) for grease burgers, grease coated onion rings and Taco Bell road kill but I can’t get enough of that stuff. My darling Marcie screams at me about cholesterol but if I could, I would eat grease fried in grease with a grease topping and a bowl of grease on the side. I don’t believe in cholesterol anyway. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/38 "2005-10-05T19:55:35Z")
I guess videogames but seeing as how my generation (32) is the first generation to grow up with videogames, there really isn’t a precedent to tell us when we should stop playing them. ---
**Author:** ![phoebo32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@phoebo32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phoebo32)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/39 "2005-10-05T22:38:15Z")
I wear what I refer to as a baby suit to bed. Otherwise refered to as a romper suit or jump suit I think. Its red polar fleece with teddy bears, has a zip up the front with pockets, long sleeves and feet. I adore it. Most people though grow out of that phase quite early on in life I guess, it took me long enough to get a hold of one. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780/40 "2005-10-06T01:23:43Z")
Too old for amusement parks? How can that be? Now too sick for amusement parks, that I understand. i guess I’ll add, eating spaghettio’s and Raviolios (acturally too sick for that too, but every once in a while it’s ok) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-too-old-for-but-you-do-it-anyway/324780.md?page=3)