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Have You Ever.....................

Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by rottiman, Nov 4, 2016.

  1. rottiman

    rottiman

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    HAVE YOU EVER BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND THINKING, SURELY I CAN 'T LOOK THAT OLD.

    WELL . . . YOU 'LL LOVE THIS ONE.

    MY NAME IS ALICE, AND I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY
    FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST.

    I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA ON THE WALL, WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME.

    SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME, DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME NAME HAD BEEN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SOME 40-ODD YEARS AGO.

    COULD HE BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN?

    UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QUICKLY DISCARDED ANY SUCH THOUGHT.

    THIS BALDING, GRAY-HAIRED MAN WITH THE DEEPLY LINED FACE WAS WAY TOO OLD TO HAVE BEEN MY CLASSMATE.

    AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH, I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ATTENDED MORGAN PARK HIGH SCHOOL ...

    'YES. YES, I DID. I 'M A MUSTANG, ' HE GLEAMED WITH PRIDE.

    WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE? ' I ASKED.

    HE ANSWERED, 'IN 1967.. WHY DO YOU ASK? '

    YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!', I EXCLAIMED.

    HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY. THEN, THAT UGLY, OLD, BALD, WRINKLE-FACED, FAT-ARSED, GRAY-HAIRED, DECREPIT SON-OF-A-BEETCH ASKED ME,

    'WHAT DID YOU TEACH???'
     
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  2. Chris F

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    I find it astonishing that people I haven't seen in a decade or more look really old while I haven't aged at all!
    What happened to them??
     
  3. Star Gazer

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    Same thing here! When people find out I'm in my mid 60's they can't believe it often saying they thought I was in maybe my mid 40's. And when I look at people I know are my age, I have to wonder what happened to them. They really do look horrible and very old.
     
  4. bassJAM

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    I was walking by the elevators at work a month ago and saw a woman sitting there on the phone and I thought to myself, "she's REALLY pretty for someone her age". About that time I heard her say on the phone "my birthdate is 9-08-82" She was actually 1 month younger than me to the date. After a double take I realized that she does look about the same age as my wife and other female friends I have my age.
     
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    One advantage of being fat is you don't have wrinkles...
     
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  6. Jack Straw

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    I'm one of those who is aged beyond my years. :BrianK: Going grey at an early age runs in my family. I'm 51 and my hair is white. Overall I'm quite healthy, I just look old. I sure the hell ain't gonna die my hair like some Kansas City sissy. :D
     
  7. Redneck

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    Gray hair and beard, i dont shave or cut my hair until its long enough to donate. When my daughter got married 7 Years ago i shaved except for the mustache and cut my hair short. Other than my son and daughter no one recognized me until i started talking every one Said i looked 10 or 15 years younger. Yea right grew it back.
     
  8. Canadian border VT

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    Good for you Redneck :yes: locks for love (donating hair) is a great charity! me I look my age or older.. OFG older fatter and greyer:rofl: :lol: darn site happier too!
     
  9. Chvymn99

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    I resemble that remark..:whistle:..Oh you said Died hair.... ok then...:p I stay shaved to keep those grey hairs from growing and populating.... I still look on the younger side, even if I don't feel it....:rofl: :lol:
     
  10. Backwoods Savage

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    Shoot, most of the people I went to school I see in the obituary page...
     
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    :eek:

    :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Glad you're not listed there, brother!
     
  13. Canadian border VT

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    ^^^^^ amen to that I still need to get some more backwoods education :yes:
     
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    We all do.
     
  15. Eric VW

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    X3 and thankful for it!:thumbs:
     
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