Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart
Whoever said that age is all in the mind should have their head examined. It doesn't take a medical exam to figure out the joints are getting stiffer. On the other hand, old age doesn't stop a man from chasing women. He just has trouble trying to remember why. When Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was in his nineties he was strolling with a friend when they saw a beautiful young woman. "Oh my heavens," said the Justice, "what I wouldn't give to be ten years younger."
posted by John M Crowther @ 8:32 AM
3 Comments:
Hahaha... it's all relative I guess! Did you read that book John? I thought it was great.
According to the way I heard it the friend was Justice Brandeis. And the comment was " Oh to be eighty again" When I was a boy ( dinosaurs stalked the earth) I used to spend a week with my grandpa. He would wake in the morning and groan. " Roger when you get to be my age if you wake up and don't hurt, roll over and go back to sleep- you're dead" roger
Not so fast young man... Hokusai was only just hitting his stride around your age! (((chuckles)))
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