Comments on: When I grow up

By: chsw10605

chsw10605 — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:26:54 +0000

Mazal tov! Bis hundert und zwanzig.

Don’t be coy about your age. When my m-i-l said that she did not want a 70th birthday party, I told her that I would put up a sign saying “Happy 80th.”

I say that you are probably no older than 45.

Mazal tov again.

chsw

By: Tziporah

Tziporah — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 05:23:01 +0000

Congratulations!

In the upcoming year, may your writing be prolific.

May you obtain a great job with excellent benefits.

And may it be that cats no longer get hairballs.

By: Rajan Rishyakaran

Rajan Rishyakaran — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 03:42:40 +0000

So…. what kind of grass would you prefer?

By: Michael Lonie

Michael Lonie — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:46:59 +0000

Happy birthday and many returns Meryl.

I’m not afraid to announce my age. I’m 39. Like Jack Benny, I’ve been 39 for some time.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:52:41 +0000

Rahel, most of those things are of the unprintable variety.

And anyway, Sean Connery is married. And in another country. And, well, a bit too old now.

I used to want to go white-water rafting down the Colorado River, but, uh, I don’t anymore.

Hey. I know. I’ll work on my book when I get home tonight.

By: Elisson

Elisson — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:05:06 +0000

Some people think birthdays are a load of crap.
Not me; I prefer ’em to the old Dirt Nap.

Meryl, when you get to be my age, you can start griping about your age. But I don’t gripe, ’cause the alternative is worse.

Bis hundert-tzvantzik yur mit gezint un glik. The ol’ Meah v’ Esrim.

May your next trip around the Sun be a sweet one.

By: Rahel

Rahel — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:24:25 +0000

Is there something that you’ve always wanted to do, or some out-of-the-way skill you’ve always wanted to learn?

Happy birthday, Meryl!

By: The Doctor

The Doctor — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:51:06 +0000

And happy birthday, by the way…

By: The Doctor

The Doctor — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:50:38 +0000

After having a life-threatening illness, all I can say is regardless of what the number is, having a birthday beats the alternative…

My mother is of the generation that “stops having birthdays” and told me that she’s holding at 79 and isn’t going to get any older. I don’t buy that; the only way to be young forever is to die.

Nothing wrong with age; age means experience and hopefully wisdom.