> Why do people lie about their age? I suppose
> most people don't actually lie about it, but
> almost everybody I know at least jokes about
> lying about their age.
>
> Furthermore, when and why did 39 become
> the magical age that everyone wants to stop
> at? What's so dreadful about turning 40
> anyway? Why do people make such a big deal
> about 40, throwing big silly parties where
> everyone wears black, and they have black
> balloons and a black cake and black party
> favors?
>
> Why is 40 looked at as that horrible halfway
> point where the first half of your life is over and
> the last half begins? Does everybody really
> believe they're going to live to be exactly 80
> years old? And why do people choose 39 as
> their year to stop having birthdays? Why come
> so close to the dreaded 4-0 before stopping?
> Why not stop at 35 or 27 or 19? (I've never
> heard of a 22-year old saying "I'm nineteen;
> that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!") Or why not
> be optomistic and stop aging at 43, 49, or 56
> ("I'm going to live to be 112!")
>
> What if I'm only to live to the age of 56? That
> means I need to stop aging right now! Yessir,
> I'll be 27 until the day I die. That's my story and
> I'm stickin' to it.
>
> Gri"haven't started a new thread in a
> while"shny

And 37 isn't that old..but of course you just can't call somebody "man". But you could call them Dennis.

Ran"Someone had to say it"dy