forwarded from Linda Wetherby

[Michael Eisenstadt]

In case you haven't seen this...x L


GEORGE CARLIN'S VIEW ON AGING

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old
is
when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited
about
aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a
half!"You're never thirty-six and a half.You're four and a half, going
on 
five!  That's the key.

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the
next number, or even a few ahead."How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!"
You
could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16!

And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21.Even the
words
sound like a ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21....YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like
bad milk. He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now,you're
just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?You BECOME 21, you
TURN
30, then you're PUSHING 40.Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping 
away!

Before you know it, you REACH 50 . . . and your dreams are gone.But
wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!So you BECOME 21,
TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.You've built up so much
speed
that you HIT 70!

After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!You get into your
80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you
REACH bedtime.

And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards;"I was
JUST 92." Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you
become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"