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LuckyCharms

(23,067 posts) Tue Oct 7, 2025, 06:57 PM Oct 2025

When I was young, I was poor. But after years and years of hard work...

I am no longer young.

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When I was young, I was poor. But after years and years of hard work... (Original Post) LuckyCharms Oct 2025 OP

well yeah...but you got a sore back to show for it... ret5hd Oct 2025 #1

Boney fingers? chicoescuela Oct 2025 #3

😂😂😂 underpants Oct 2025 #2

Me, too, Lucky Charms! ShazzieB Oct 2025 #4

Are you related to Mark Twain? multigraincracker Oct 2025 #5

"I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty." Pinback Oct 2025 #6

Today's American dream with no small thanks to the Republican Party. Gimpyknee Oct 2025 #7

Welcome to the club! True Dough Oct 2025 #8

That happens to me when I sneeze... LuckyCharms Oct 2025 #11

You load sixteen tons, whaddya get? LudwigPastorius Oct 2025 #9

Started out dirt-poor justaprogressive Oct 2025 #10

ret5hd

(22,588 posts)

1. well yeah...but you got a sore back to show for it...

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 06:59 PM

Oct 2025

so there’s that.

chicoescuela

(3,198 posts)

3. Boney fingers?

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 09:25 PM

Oct 2025

underpants

(197,179 posts)

2. 😂😂😂

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 06:59 PM

Oct 2025

ShazzieB

(22,882 posts)

4. Me, too, Lucky Charms!

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 09:28 PM

Oct 2025

Last edited Wed Oct 8, 2025, 08:18 AM - Edit history (1)

And you know what else? I came into this world with nothing...and I still have most of it!

multigraincracker

(38,050 posts)

5. Are you related to Mark Twain?

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 09:36 PM

Oct 2025

Pinback

(13,655 posts)

6. "I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty."

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 09:52 PM

Oct 2025

- Groucho Marx

Gimpyknee

(1,025 posts)

7. Today's American dream with no small thanks to the Republican Party.

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 10:00 PM

Oct 2025

True Dough

(27,311 posts)

8. Welcome to the club!

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 10:20 PM

Oct 2025

LuckyCharms

(23,067 posts)

11. That happens to me when I sneeze...

Reply to True Dough (Reply #8)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 12:03 PM

Oct 2025

LudwigPastorius

(15,006 posts)

9. You load sixteen tons, whaddya get?

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 12:33 AM

Oct 2025

Not a high rise condo, and for sure not a Vette.

justaprogressive

(7,164 posts)

10. Started out dirt-poor

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 12:01 PM

Oct 2025

took me decades to become completely destitute!

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