Any other old farts on here?

Question

I'm 62 and going strong and love this site

Answer 1

I'm just a middle aged fart at 58. I love the following and practice every day, my wardrobe abounds in purple!

WARNING -

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple

with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired

and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

and run my stick along the public railings

and make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain

and pick the flowers in other people's gardens

and learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

and eat three pounds of sausages at a go

or only bread and pickles for a week

and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

and pay our rent and not swear in the street

and set a good example for the children.

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised

When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.


By Jenny Joseph

Answer 2

I've noticed one or two others around ;) Wondered what the smell was, hehe! (I'm 65, by the way, but I think someone got the figures muddled).

Oh yes, and there's some fresh young ones, too ....

"I grow old ... I grow old ...
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

I do not think that they will sing to me."

T.S.Eliot: The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock

Answer 3

Old fart can be quite relative here...compared to many, I would be considered and possibly called (behind my back, of course) an old fart at my ripe old age of 38. I like to think I'm just more experienced in many more subjects.....even if I can't always remember what they are, wait...where am I?. ;)

Answer 4

35

Answer 5

My dad says 'old farts'. Sorry for the irrelivant comment, but I found the question to be amusing, think of it as a trip down memory lane :-P

Answer 6

I'm 44, but still in the 'Junior School of Life'

anyone want a Werthers Original?

Answer 7

I think I'm getting old before my time... but I'd love to be old! Hanging out all day with your hubby, doing some gardening or painting, and you can wear anything you want and nobody will shout out things, and you can flirt with younger men without it going anywhere! Man I can't wait!!!

Answer 8

50 in a couple weex. Not going as strong as I used to.

Answer 9

I am half an old fart........i am 31! So I have 31 more years until I am a complete old fart!

Answer 10

Yes i am 36 and still going strong.