Originally posted by zeitghost
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Feeling old
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What you need is a proper war.But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger -
how about viciously sharp pieces of mango?Originally posted by zeitghostThem Boers can shoot straight, let me tell you, and they're not armed with sharpened kiwi fruit either.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Reaching 30 is what upset my life.Originally posted by Clippy View PostComing up to the big 4-0 in a few years and starting to feel my age.
Is it all downhill from there or is it true that that's when life begins?
For once, a thread the oldies can relate to.
40 was a breeze. And indeed, life is great
(I got divorced, had my 40th on a far away shore with some drinking buddies, and GF Platypus is in every way wonderful!)
So, for me, life did indeed begin at 40. Frickin' A
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She'd be breaking him in. Fast tracking experience, he should consider himself lucky that she's deigned to teach him.Originally posted by norrahe View Post
what if they are older than you?
Though TBH 37 is a bit old for toyboy status."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Yes, as a man you really need to get the dirty older woman thing over with in your 20s.Originally posted by cojak View PostShe'd be breaking him in. Fast tracking experience, he should consider himself lucky that she's deigned to teach him.
Though TBH 37 is a bit old for toyboy status.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Which is why I always administer the beating.Originally posted by northernladuk View PostCan I just take this moment to point out that as you get older it takes longer to recover from a serious beating than it did when you were younger!What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Will you just f**k off with those jokes? Bloody screen is covered in tea now!Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostWhich is why I always administer the beating.
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To be fair, those 12 year olds that were outside your shop will recover quite quickly from it.Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostWhich is why I always administer the beating.
No, hang on a minute.
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I'm no priest!Originally posted by Pondlife View PostTo be fair, those 12 year olds that were outside your shop will recover quite quickly from it.
No, hang on a minute.
What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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