Why do people lie about their age? I suppose
most people don't actually lie about it, but
almost everybody I know at least jokes about
lying about their age.

Furthermore, when and why did 39 become
the magical age that everyone wants to stop
at? What's so dreadful about turning 40
anyway? Why do people make such a big deal
about 40, throwing big silly parties where
everyone wears black, and they have black
balloons and a black cake and black party
favors?

Why is 40 looked at as that horrible halfway
point where the first half of your life is over and
the last half begins? Does everybody really
believe they're going to live to be exactly 80
years old? And why do people choose 39 as
their year to stop having birthdays? Why come
so close to the dreaded 4-0 before stopping?
Why not stop at 35 or 27 or 19? (I've never
heard of a 22-year old saying "I'm nineteen;
that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!") Or why not
be optomistic and stop aging at 43, 49, or 56
("I'm going to live to be 112!")

What if I'm only to live to the age of 56? That
means I need to stop aging right now! Yessir,
I'll be 27 until the day I die. That's my story and
I'm stickin' to it.

Gri"haven't started a new thread in a
while"shny