Shaggy Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 From :- The wit of Tom Lehrer When You Are Old And Grey (1953)An awful debility, A lessened utility, A loss of mobility Is a strong possibility. In all probability I'll lose my virility And you your fertility And desirability, And this liability Of total sterility Will lead to hostility And a sense of futility, So let's act with agility While we still have facility, For we'll soon reach senility And lose the ability ... Discuss :D ... In Song Form ... :D Link to post Share on other sites
Tikva Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Infertility is not a debility, For there's no sex in my life---yipee! My mental facility, And mobile ability, Is intact to be all I can be! My hair may be grey, But I wash it away.... Then with my brown tresses, And beautiful dresses, I Tango all night and all day! I love being older, For now I am bolder, And can speak my mind as I please! So? I'm older than fifty, But I think it's nifty, To look toward the future with glee! ;) Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 for Tikva! Long may the hair dye live! (We will NEVER be grey!) Link to post Share on other sites
mackat5 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I'm grey...and I like it that way!! Besides, I'd rather have my naturally curly hair than color in my hair. Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I'm grey...and I like it that way!! Besides, I'd rather have my naturally curly hair than color in my hair. I shouldn't have posted what I said because I think women (and men) should have whatever hair color they want, including grey. I've been a bottle blonde since I was 15 and will do it as long as I'm sentient just because that's what I want. I mainly mean (and should have said so) that I don't like grey hair as part of a stereotype of older people as having less consequence than younger people. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest disjointed Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 When ? Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 When ? When what? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest disjointed Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 when you are old and grey I asked in a sarcastic manner when as in what do mean when.. some of us are already here blimey, you lose so much in txt don't you Link to post Share on other sites
KAGU143 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 At 55 I'm filled with glee. I met somebody just like me. In only 3 short weeks we'll wed, Combine our lives and share ... a bed!?!? Now I'm glad I kept on trying, Not turning 40, quitting, dying. My hair is silver but my life is gold. The best is still to come - and I'm old! I'm not having any luck coming up with a tune. All I can say for sure is that it won't work with "Louie Louie" -GB Link to post Share on other sites
Tanwen Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I have a few grey hairs (I have to thank my dad, he started going grey only when he got into his 60s), I officially become a pensioner in 5 months, get my state pension (which will mean I can cut back my hours to part time), get my bus pass and my 10% off all prices in B&Q, and other DIY stores on specific days. :lol: I am also planning to spend at least one day with friends... Link to post Share on other sites
Tikva Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I'm grey...and I like it that way!! Besides, I'd rather have my naturally curly hair than color in my hair. I shouldn't have posted what I said because I think women (and men) should have whatever hair color they want, including grey. I've been a bottle blonde since I was 15 and will do it as long as I'm sentient just because that's what I want. I mainly mean (and should have said so) that I don't like grey hair as part of a stereotype of older people as having less consequence than younger people. Didn't mean to start a grey vs dye thingy! My natural hair color, before I went grey, was dark brown. My ethnic background is Spanish/Italian/Serbian, so, for me, I saw turning grey as suddenly having 'light' hair, and not an 'aging' thing. I had always wished my dark brown hair was black. My personal decision to dye my grey hair dark brown was because it felt awkward (on me) to have 'light' hair in the same way that blonde hair would look strange on me. It wasn't a matter of trying to 'hide' my age. I clearly don't do that as my conversations are liberally sprinkled with comments that quite obviously give away my age. I think grey hair looks great, especially for people with blue eyes. But that's just my opinion. I think blue eyes/grey hair is a really attractive combination, maybe for the same reason that blue eyes/blonde hair is also complementary. But Sally is right, people should have/do whatever is comfortable for them. And lucky you mackat5! I would love to have curly hair! But grey or brown, my hair is straight as a stick and I never did figure out how to 'do' hair. Anyway....gotta go practice Argentine dancing now. Just got new shoes from Buenos Aires and have to break them in, on the 4'x5' practice floor I just laid down. (It's entertaining for my parrots to watch their pet human ;) ). Link to post Share on other sites
Hammerhead Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Well for some of us guys hair color will be a moot issue when we get old because hair will be a thing of the past (read bald). I'm not as talented as some of you guys so I'll quote The Beatles song 'When I'm 64': When I get older losing my hair, Many years from now, Will you still be sending me a valentine Birthday greetings bottle of wine? If I'd been out till quarter to three Would you lock the door, Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four? oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oooo You'll be older too, (ah ah ah ah ah) And if you say the word, I could stay with you. I could be handy mending a fuse When your lights have gone. You can knit a sweater by the fireside Sunday mornings go for a ride. Doing the garden, digging the weeds, Who could ask for more? Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four? Every summer we can rent a cottage In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear We shall scrimp and save Grandchildren on your knee Vera, Chuck, and Dave Send me a postcard, drop me a line, Stating point of view. Indicate precisely what you mean to say Yours sincerely, Wasting Away. Give me your answer, fill in a form Mine for evermore Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four? Link to post Share on other sites
mackat5 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Hammerhead, I once knew a fellow in highschool who was going bald. And I think at the time he was about 17. So some of this is not just for those of us who are getting..........older..... Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 when you are old and greyI asked in a sarcastic manner when as in what do mean when.. some of us are already here blimey, you lose so much in txt don't you Old to me keeps extending out 10 years from whatever age I am now, although I do call myself old to others because otherwise they'll think I'm self-deluded. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Heligan Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 when you are old and greyI asked in a sarcastic manner when as in what do mean when.. some of us are already here blimey, you lose so much in txt don't you Old to me keeps extending out 10 years from whatever age I am now, although I do call myself old to others because otherwise they'll think I'm self-deluded. LOL you are quite right old is definately 10 years ahead. That said I dont get those people who saythey still feel like they did at 17, I sure dont. Link to post Share on other sites
kbrd143 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Ugh. I wouldn't want to feel the way I did at seventen: headstrong and stupid. I certainly don't feel old. And by no means am I grey (as long as I keep shaving and visiting my stylist regularly. *coughs*). I can say that I remember being able to do at twenty all of the things I was able to do at twenty, and that was probably nice, because I miss being able to do some of those things, now. But, other than that, I don't really feel any older than I did then. I'm with everyone else: I'll start to think about feeling old in another ten years. Ask me again in ten years, and I will likely tell you the same. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kos Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 A different kind of ability wisdom mixed with sensitivity a carefree sense and amiability look closer, there's agility not everybody grow up but those who do, return back as old as the sea fresh and free, come and see Bright honesty, reliability not too much effort, sufficiency transparency, baby's gaze, she he, sheer susceptibility come along this trip we go for so long all things new no matter how back they go and so we go and we go and we go. Link to post Share on other sites
rayser Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 coloring my hair just got to be a never ending chore so I quit several years ago and received the surprise of my life!! family and friends were so happy and think I look great in what I dub salt and pepper hair. but coloring my hair or not didn't change me as a person, morals ,ethics, values, etc. remained the same, I don't know what it's like in other countries, but in the US, there is way too much pressure on physical appearance, and no, I am not the elephant lady or any other wierd physicality!! Link to post Share on other sites
osito Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 The patent reality Of asexuality S' in all probability A heightened ability To see the futility Of pompous virility And tail-chasing sillity And dumb knuckledraggery And chest-thumping swaggery And big badass braggery :D Tom Lehrer... there's antimonyarsenicaluminumseleniumandhydrogenandoxygenandnitrogenandrheniumand nickelneodymiumneptuniumgeraniumandironamericiumrutheniumuranium... I can't be too senile yet or I would have forgotten the words to this song. ;) Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Some doggerel, or rather chimperel. Chimp A in the trees Ignores arthritic knees Doesn’t care about age Except at the stage When he grabs at that vine And Chimp B says “That’s mine!” And snatches it away and Chimp A falls, to lay on the ground in a mope feeling like such a dope. He thinks, “So I’m old and can’t be so bold but oh, what the hell I’ll probably do as well To just stagger slowly on Looking pitiful and wan And when Chimp B says to me, “What a shame, your bum knee!” I’ll say nothing crass Just swiftly kick him in the ass And grab that damn vine And go drink my wine. Link to post Share on other sites
Tikva Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 :lol: Those are great Sally and Osito!!! Here's some extra in case you get the munchies..... Link to post Share on other sites
cozy n. bizzy Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I am going to let my hair go all gray and long - looking forward to being an evil old crone! I'll have a little cottage in the woods with all my little art objects in it and bake bread and bask in having time to myself (and hopefully not have to work anymore, waaaa - will Social Security still be there for me?). And maybe one of those little beepers in case I fall and break my hip and no one's around. ;) Link to post Share on other sites
rayser Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I am going to let my hair go all gray and long - looking forward to being an evil old crone!I'll have a little cottage in the woods with all my little art objects in it and bake bread and bask in having time to myself (and hopefully not have to work anymore, waaaa - will Social Security still be there for me?). And maybe one of those little beepers in case I fall and break my hip and no one's around. ;) Don't know your age, but I'm sweatin' the SS condundrum myself!! WELCOME TO AVEN!! Tradition here is cake, but soon as I figure out how to import dancing chocolate bar, you kin have one!! :D Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I am going to let my hair go all gray and long - looking forward to being an evil old crone!I'll have a little cottage in the woods with all my little art objects in it and bake bread and bask in having time to myself (and hopefully not have to work anymore, waaaa - will Social Security still be there for me?). And maybe one of those little beepers in case I fall and break my hip and no one's around. ;) SS will probably be there but you may not get enough to support that cottage. SAVE SAVE SAVE$$$ Link to post Share on other sites
cijay Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Harry Chapin - Dreams Go By There you stand in your dungarees Looking all grown up and so very pleased When you write your poems they have so much to say When you speak your dreams it takes my breath away You know I want to be a ball player A regular slugging fool But I guess our dreams must wait awhile Until we finish school And so you and I We watch our years go by We watch our sweet dreams fly Far away, but maybe someday I don't know when But we will dream again And we'll be happy then Till our time just drifts away There you stand in your wedding dress You're so beautiful that I must confess I'm so proud you have chosen me When a doctor is what you want to be You know I want to be a painter, girl A real artistic snob But I guess we'll have our children first You'll find a home, I'll get a job And so you and I We watch our years go by We watch our sweet dreams fly Far away, but maybe someday I don't know when But we will dream again And we'll be happy then Till our time just drifts away Listen to the seasons passing Listen to the wind blow Listen to the children laughing Where do broken dreams go? There you stand in your tailored suit So many years gone by, but you're still so cute You take the car to go and meet the bus When our grandchildren come to visit us You say you should have been a ballerina, babe There are songs I should have sung But I guess our dreams have come and gone You're 'sposed dream when you are young (Only thing I don't agree with is the sposta dream when you are young part. All I can think of it to mean is that once you stop dreaming, you are dead.) Link to post Share on other sites
Shaggy Posted November 8, 2008 Author Share Posted November 8, 2008 Tom Lehrer performing Tom Lehrer for your enjoyment :D We Will All Go Together When We Go Smut The Elements I Got It From Agnes Oedipus Rex Link to post Share on other sites
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