Signs That You have Grown Up (and Old)

morph4me

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It's all right. My kids are 15, 16, and 20. I could be a grandpa at any time at the tender young age of 43. Gives me nightmares... :eek:


Mine are 27 and 23, but I'm still not ready to be a grandp;). There are some advantages to getting older though, as shown in this story.

A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company.


One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that she's lost. Wandering about, she notices a leopard heading rapidly in her direction with the intention of having lunch.


The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep dodo now!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, she immediately settles down to chew on the bones with her back to the approaching cat Just as the leopard is about to leap, the old poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?"


Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!", says the leopard, "That was close! That old poodle nearly had me!"


Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.


The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!"


Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the dog sits down with her back to her attackers, pretending she hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says: "Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"


Moral of this story..


Don't mess with old farts...age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! bull**** and brilliance only come with age and experience!
 

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A beautiful story! I'll take old age and trickery over youth and exuberance any time. Well, almost any time...
 

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It's all right. My kids are 15, 16, and 20. I could be a grandpa at any time at the tender young age of 43. Gives me nightmares... :eek:


Hey - you might like it better that way. My Grandma had my Mom at 19 and my Mom had me at 22. I came along early enough to remember my grandparents in their late 40's. They are barely 70 now and have been able to see me grow up, get married, and they will probably even see their great-grandchildren. Plus they have stayed active enough to keep up with me by being relatively younger. :)
 

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Hey - you might like it better that way. My Grandma had my Mom at 19 and my Mom had me at 22. I came along early enough to remember my grandparents in their late 40's. They are barely 70 now and have been able to see me grow up, get married, and they will probably even see their great-grandchildren. Plus they have stayed active enough to keep up with me by being relatively younger. :)

I would prefer that my teenage children wait a few years before having children of their own. :uhyeah:
 

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