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Coventina

(29,937 posts) Mon Jul 16, 2018, 03:06 PM Jul 2018

I'm officially a grumpy old fart

A little boy, couldn't have been more than 8, was twerking in the grocery store today.

I'm not judging the kid or the parents, because: popular culture.

Just me becoming one of those old "the world is going to hell in a handbasket!" types.

Don't get me wrong, I've done my share of shimmying and such in nightclubs in my salad days.

But this kid was in his single digit years and had moves like Miley.

Yeah, I'm just old, I guess.

We really need a smiley with a beard waving a cane!

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I'm officially a grumpy old fart (Original Post) Coventina Jul 2018 OP

Take heart in the fact that you're not alone, Coventina... ADX Jul 2018 #1

I know what you mean, I turned into a old fart when I turned 50. SummerSnow Jul 2018 #2

Thanks for not citing a number. UTUSN Jul 2018 #3

A smiley with a beard waving a cane! csziggy Jul 2018 #4

I love it!! Coventina Jul 2018 #6

Well, look at this way. As old farts go, you're a youngster. NNadir Jul 2018 #5

ADX

(1,622 posts)

1. Take heart in the fact that you're not alone, Coventina...

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2018, 03:13 PM

Jul 2018

...and I second your suggestion about the smiley...

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

2. I know what you mean, I turned into a old fart when I turned 50.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2018, 03:13 PM

Jul 2018

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

3. Thanks for not citing a number.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2018, 07:25 PM

Jul 2018

csziggy

(34,189 posts)

4. A smiley with a beard waving a cane!

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:15 PM

Jul 2018

Well, almost.

Coventina

(29,937 posts)

6. I love it!!

Reply to csziggy (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 17, 2018, 12:42 PM

Jul 2018

NNadir

(38,532 posts)

5. Well, look at this way. As old farts go, you're a youngster.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2018, 11:29 PM

Jul 2018

Some of us old farts have been old farting way longer. For us, it's no discovery; it's just a way of life.

And I don't need some goddamned smiley. I don't do smiley. I'm an old fart.

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