We may be older and slower than you youngsters but always remember "old age and dirty tricks beat youth and enthusiasm every time"
From: Smallville Sector : Greater Metropolis | Registered: Jun 2004
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The sad thing is, even as much as I like to consider myself the Innuendo Queen, that one flew over my head till you pointed it out, Miner.
I would like to know, however, how wetness behind one's ears came to be equated with youth and inexperience. I would imagine it connotes newbornness but why did they forget to dry behind the ears?
"Wet behind the ears," meaning inexperienced or naive, comes to us from the wonderful world of baby farm animals. It seems that the last part of a newborn horse or cow ("foal" and "calf" to the cognoscenti) to dry out after birth is the area behind the little critter's ears. Thus, to say that someone is "wet behind the ears" is a folksy way of saying that they lack the experience or savvy necessary to accomplish a task. The first published use of "wet behind the ears" in print dates only to the early 20th century, but most authorities believe that the phrase itself is much older than that and, like many folk sayings, was used in popular speech long before anyone used it in print.
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Only twenty two years to go before I can join up! Looks like I'll have to have Far bring me until 2026!
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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FC, I hope you're not thinking of stocking the club with rockers. Some of us aren't quite ready to pass quietly into the second half of our lives. Put in a gym, will you?
Registered: Aug 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Semi Transparent Fellow: FC, I hope you're not thinking of stocking the club with rockers.
Yeah ! No Rod Stewarts or Mick Jaggers! Those guys are old!!!
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Semi Transparent Fellow: FC, I hope you're not thinking of stocking the club with rockers.
Yeah ! No Rod Stewarts or Mick Jaggers! Those guys are old!!!
See that's how old I am, I didn't even catch the double entendre. (Although Stewart and Jagger are way older than I am).
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I'm only 37, but I ought to qualify. All the men in my family die at 74, so I'm officially halfway done. Doesn't get much more "mid" than that.
My father is convinced he has only 6 more years to live (he'll be 68 in December). My brothers and I try to convince him otherwise, but he doesn't seem to want to hear it. He got a clean bill of health in his last doctor visit, but he said grandpa was healthy as a horse till he died at 73 & 11 months, so that's no indicator.
-------------------- Craig C.
- Time travel stories are told in chronillogical order.
From: Santa Ana, CA | Registered: Jul 2003
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Rockers? Rockers are for young parents with babies. Forget the rockers, as in chairs. We're past all that. If any grandchildren want to visit, they'll just have to crawl on the floor. I was thinking about a hammock for the front porch, however.
As for musical rockers, we have a collection which caters to all tastes, including those with nostalgia for such 60s favourites as Jagger and Stewart.
Faraway, your early-onset short term memory loss guarantees you a place!
Omni C., don't fret about dying young, for heaven's sake! Get a guest pass and go work out in our top-of-the-line gym instead.
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See that's how old I am, I didn't even catch the double entendre. (Although Stewart and Jagger are way older than I am).
