Aging

[Sgt_Tropo]

Hey gang,
I was watching TV last night and lo-and-behold, my favorite philosopher was on - George Carlin ! The following are some very thoughtfukl insights. Enjoy !


>
> Aging
>
> by George Carlin
>
> Do you realize 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 are going to 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.
>
> My grandmother won't even buy green bananas!
> It's an investment, you know, and maybe a bad one!!
>
> 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 (healthily) to 100 and a half!

[Drywall]

This is great, sarge. I'm going to a friends 80th BD party on Sunday and I think I'll show this to him. He served on the USS Intrepid in WWII.