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Date: Oct 25 2007

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Author: ruth_123

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George Carlin's Views on Aging

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

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vikky07

India

hello its nice

minhas

Pakistan

nice

minhas

Pakistan

thats the way to learn and to describe age

Akanda

Bangladesh

I have learned to use some words in new form. Thank you.

jazlyn

Malaysia

i totally agreed,when age getting older,more anxious i ma…hahaha,

nice to meet you,hope can learn more english and meet more friend around the world..

Hussein aldeen

Iraq

Hi hala Iam hussein

whear are you from?

My E_mail

godyorker

Cuba

it´s good to read this comment, its sound like a poem or a literal writting that i am not sure how to call it

majoro

Rwanda

am majoro from rwanda nice to learn english

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Egypt

hi, my name is hala

it is the first time to me

i wanna to make frinds

lacivert2

Turkey

hi,my name is serdal. I'm a businessman. I' m 23. I have a sister and a brother. I live in house in denizli,Turkey.I want to learn english for my jop.