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creams and believe they work.
• You turn out the lights for economic reasons instead of
romantic ones.
• You remember when the cost of going to a movie was
less than the cost of a stamp today.
• You recognize Led Zeppelin songs that have been
turned into elevator Muzak.
• When you watch black-and-white fi lms, you point to
the screen and say, “He’s dead. She’s dead. They’re dead.”
• You’ve had three opportunities to buy every single
Disney animated classic “for the last time in a
generation.”
• Your childhood toys turn up in antique malls with
huge price tags on them.
• You often try to change TV channels with your cordless
phone.
• You’d pay good money to be strip-searched.
• Your hair starts turning from gray to black.
• You choose your seat in the movie theater and the tour
bus so that your good ear picks up the sound.
• You’re wearing more gold in your mouth than on the
rest of your body.
• Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.
• You take your thirteen-year-old grandchild to an
amusement park, and her ticket costs more than yours.
• You have a party, and the neighbors don’t even realize it.
• Your wife quietly tells you she’s having an affair, and
you ask if she’s having it catered.
• When you stand in front of a mirror, you can see your
rear end without turning around.
• People send you this list (and you forget who they are). P
*This column is adapted from Richard Lederer’s A Treasury
for Seniors, to be published by Howard Books in July 2010.
Richard Lederer is the author of more than 30 books about language,
history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English
series and his current book, Presidential Trivia. He has been profi
led in magazines as diverse as The New Yorker, People, and the
National Enquirer and frequently appears on radio as a commentator
on language. Dr. Lederer’s syndicated column, “Looking at Language,”
appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States.
He has been named International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters
International’s Golden Gavel winner.
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