Aging

I got this off another board and thought it was great!! He is one of my favorite people.

George Carlin's view on aging:

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old
is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited
about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four
and a half!"
You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on
five! That's the key. You get into your teens, now they can't hold you
back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are
you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16!
And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the
words sound like a ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21. . . YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like
bad milk. He TURNED, we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're
just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the
brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 . . .
and your dreams are gone. But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't
think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE
it to 60.
You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a
day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80s and every day
is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime.
And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I
was JUST 92." Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you
become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!" May you all make it to
a healthy 100 and a half!!

Just turned 42 myself, and notice I'm more careful about falling down! HAH

LOL! That was GREAT! I absolutely revere George Carlin; I think he is perhaps the most brilliant comedian on the planet!

I'm going to print that out; it's too funny not to show people 😛

Yes, Phoenix, I love him, and I like Dennis Miller too(Scorpio).

I saw him (Carlin) on the Don Imus show one morning. He had him crying he was laughing so hard. He was saying putting down the penal system. He said "Why do they alcohol swab a death row inmate's arm before they put the lethal injection in; are they worried it might become infected??" LOL!!!
He is very sharp and gets better all the time, like Bill Cosby. I love to see him and Art Linkletter interview the little children.
Art L. asks one little boy "who did the cooking in their house", and the little boy said "Pizza Hut". hehehe Little cuties!
Ok back to the movies.

I've become a lot less stressed about age since I started counting my age in letters (well, I've only been doing it for a year!). 24 was an age I really enjoyed, so i've decided i'm going to be 24 for the rest of my life - so now i'm 24B.

24G sounds a whole lot more inviting than 30.

One of my friends thinks that he's going to enjoy being 30 (even though he's only 26) so he's started counting back from 30 in letters. Now he's 30negativeD.

🤢gt;

Cortica,
What do you do when you run out of the alphabet? Not that I am there yet, LOL! But, I like this idea and thought I should plan ahead!!

I'm thinking 24A2 - double letters is just going to sound like a bra size - not a pretty mental picture of me in my sixties telling people my bra size *shudder*

I plan on being sexy and youthful at sixty, and age will be a symbol of wisdom not defeat!

Age? what's that? I'll be 45(in human yrs)on 11/27, I look 35, on really good days 30(today isn't one of those LOL)....I feel like I'm 18 most of the time.....and still have the child in me (5-6yr old) that loves to chase butterflies, play with puppies & look for fairy's under the flowers & mushrooms and play with my unicorn out by the apple tree....I am all ages & I LOVE IT!!

I sooo welcome you Saggirl! I can relate! 44, will be 45 in Jan. I look younger too...it must be in the thinking pattern! I love what you wrote about the butterflies, and puppies, and fairies and Unicorns!! LOL! Dogs can sense my playfulness! Other animals too! I am always being mistaken for being younger...even 20's! (in bad lighting!! LOL!)
I have younger and younger guys asking me out! LOL! But, I am in love with my 48 year old guy and won't waver...he is a hanger-on-to!! He is the One for me!

Why TY Star! I like you too, and the thing about the younger guys ~ LOL ~ been there am doing that!!....he's 31 :O and I'm either being hit on by younger guys or dirty old men....LMAO!!!

I did younger a couple of times...fun! definitely fun! Even married younger and it does have its merits!! But, I like what I have this time (not that yours isn't right...mine wasn't...)and I am smart enough not to piss it away this time!

Unfortunately, I have made a mistake or two!! LOL!