"Not so Graceful Aging" joke
Ya know... the older I get, the less I crave things I have to stand in line for.
Years ago, when my daughter was dating, she couldn't decide what to get her boyfriend as a birthday present.
"Dad?" she asked, "If you were going to be sixteen this Thursday, what would you want?"
"Not another thing." I sighed, "Not another damn thing."
Trust me on this one - you'll always stay young if you live honestly, eat slowly, sleep sufficiently, work industriously, worship faithfully, & of course, lie like hell about your age.
So far, the ones who have been able to get the most out of Mrs JimJr's and my middle-age years have been the Grandchildren.
Social Security agent to applicant: "Sir, I'm sorry, feeling sixty-five isn't enough; you must actually BE sixty-five.
We've had a swimming pool for some time, now though I think I watch the Grandkids play more than I do jump in with them. I was wondering just this past summer though, when they stopped making pool chairs that you could get up out of.
Not-quite-so-young single Yuppette to a younger version: "At my age, I no longer plan the future, I plot it !"
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