You Know You're Getting Old When...

~Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt doesn't work.

~The gleam in your eyes is from the sun hitting your bi-focals.

~You feel like the morning after and you haven't been anywhere.

~Your little black book contains only names that end in M.D.

~Your children begin to look middle aged.

~You finally reach the top of the ladder and find it leaning against the wrong wall.

~Your mind makes contracts your body can't meet.

~You look forward to a dull evening.

~Your favorite part of the newspaper is "20 Years Ago Today."

~You turn out the lights for economic rather than romantic reasons.

~You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.

~Your knees buckle, and your belt won't.

~You're 17 around the neck, 42 around the waist, and 95 around the golf course.

~Your back goes out more than you do.

~Your Pacemaker makes the garage door go up when you see a pretty girl.

~The little old gray haired lady you helped across the street is your wife.

~You sink your teeth into a steak, and they stay there.

~You have too much room in the house and not enough in the medicine cabinet.

~You get your exercise acting as a pallbearer for your friends who exercise.

~You know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.

~You're asleep, but others worry that you're dead.

~You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

~You buy a compass for the dash of your car.

~You are proud of your lawn mower.

~Your best friend is dating someone half their age...and isn't breaking any laws.

~You call Olan Mills before they call you.

~Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.

~You sing along with the elevator music.

~You would rather go to work than stay home sick.

~You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.

~You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.

~You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.

~You make an appointment to see the dentist.

~You no longer think of speed limits as a challange.

~Neighbors borrow your tools.

~People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?"

~You have a dream about prunes.

~You answer a question with, "because I said so."

~You send money to PBS.

~The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.

~You take a metal detector to the beach.

~You wear black socks with sandals.

~You know what the word "equity" means.

~You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch TV.

~Your ears are hairier than your head.

~You get into a heated argument about pension plans.

~You got cable for the Weather Channel (sometimes referred to as "Old Folks MTV").

~You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.

~You look for your glasses for half an hour and they were on your head the whole time.

~Your house catches fire and the first thing you grab is your Metamucil.

~It takes twice as long to look half as good.

~It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired.

~Your idea of weight lifting is standing up.

~When you're on vacation and your energy runs out before your money does.

~When you wake up looking like your driver's license picture.

~Your try to straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover you aren't wearing any.

~You and your teeth don't sleep together.


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