My lovely wife reminded me that by the end of this year I was going to be 42 years old. For some reason the realization stunned me! I've been stuck on 40 for over a year now!
Here is the latest from Mr. Carlin, enjoy!
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 the greatest day of your life – you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony..
YOU BECOME 21.
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 BECAME 21, you TURNED 30, then you’re PUSHING 40.
Whoa! Put on the brakes, it’s all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACHED 50 and your dreams are gone.
But wait!!! You 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 80’s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn’t end there. Into the 90’s, 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!!
"Happy Birthday Miriam Thorn!"
I usually don't like Carlin, but that's good stuff. Funny and insightful.
Posted by: al-run | March 30, 2006 at 03:35 PM
If you are getting older, what am I?
As we both know, age is just a number, totally irrelevant, unless I can get a discount at 50 years old with my AARP card...
Posted by: Judy | April 04, 2006 at 10:02 AM