Sixgun wrote:Streetstar,
You and I would get along just fine. I like your return humor.
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Thanks Six --- I readilly admit to curmudgeon status , --- but this thread reminded me of a conversation i had with a 19 year old cousin of mine not too long ago (the son of my direct cousin -- he's young enough to be my nephew though )
He overheard a cell phone call between myself and an old buddy --- and we were talking about girls (not our wives-- just some other old hoochie mama's of our aquaintance and the whirling rumors around their proclivities )
He looked a bit perplexed ----- i set him down and had a talk with him -- (he's 19, - so this was not a "birds and bees" talk) ---
I let him in on a big secret that a lot of us guys' who are heading towards middle age or even old age try to harbor
I told him
1) Yes - I still notice everything -
2) Yeah, I still think fanny burbs and fanny burp related humor is funny
3) I talk frequently about lewd things to a couple of close friends -- but never about my wife or anybody else's that are in my friend circle
4) I tell dirty jokes whenever possible
4) I still use politically incorrect expressions when i address my friends --- "Hey queeb" is an approved greeting -- this gets wide eyes from the young
5) Most importantly --- i told him - "Look at me as a role model if you must, as i have crawled to the top of my personal food chain and i love what i do --- but realize at any given time , - i am the same guy i was when i was 19 as well -- i am a bit paunchier, slower physically, and some would say more rational, -- but myself, my friends and even your dad -- are all still the same dumb skits we were decades ago, only slightly more refined
--Basically i told him the difference
between being 19 and my age (44) - is i can hold a straight face much longer when i fanny burp up an elevator than i could as a lad ----- other than that i am an improved version of the same 'ol me
I also told him to embrace the journey -- it can be fun. He wont remember any of that until he himself is 44 most likely