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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 11:56 AM
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On aging~

>
> 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 SMITH
> AND I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST
> APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW DENTIST. I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA,
> 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 1959. WHY DO YOU ASK?"
> "YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!", I EXCLAIMED. HE LOOKED AT ME
> CLOSELY. THEN, THAT > UGLY, OLD, BALD, WRINKLED, FAT ASS, GRAY-HAIRED, DECREPIT
> SON-OF-A-BITCH ASKED, "WHAT DID YOU TEACH?"

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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 11:59 AM
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1. LOL!
:rofl:
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 12:02 PM
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2. Now THAT's funny!
:rofl:
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Fed_Up_Grammy Donating Member (923 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 12:05 PM
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3. Good one !
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fed-up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 12:59 PM
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4. thanks, I needed a chuckle...nt
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 01:01 PM
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5. Yikes!!
:rofl:
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 01:13 PM
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6. I like that one!
:rofl:
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Zywiec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 01:16 PM
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7. Good Friday relief! Thanks. n/t
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Control-Z Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:04 PM
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8. That was great!
I needed a laugh this morning. Thank you!
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:06 PM
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9. Harr!!
I knew I had definitely entered middle age when young people consistently started calling me "Ma'am."
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:10 PM
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10. I get that, too, a lot! And now that I've gone gray, it's worse. Of course,
my wrinkles have ZIP to do with that! ;)
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:12 PM
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11. O U C H
i went to ONE class reunion...30 yrs. my spouse and i thought we must have gone in the wrong room...we wondered who all these old fuckers were....we were in the right room.
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:09 PM
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12. ..
:rofl: Good God, that's sounding familiar! :rofl:
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