- You’re one step away from a fall.
- Look down before you take that one step.
- The last part of “Look before you Leap” is a debatable concept.
- “Everything hurts” is status quo.
- The phrase “Everything hurts” is no longer funny.
- Nothing is the “new black” any more.
- And that “little black dress” is now just that “black dress”.
- Sometimes the diagnosis alone can give you a panic attack.
- They need to make Prosecco bottles easier to open.
- Write down a list of Prosecco brands you can actually open by yourself.
- Kirkland Signature is NOT one of them.
- Things taste different, but sugar is always there for you.
- Things smell different…maybe even you?
- Someone removed salt from the pantry.
- Were your kids just near your pantry?
- Daily showers are still necessary, just for different reasons.
- ‘Wake up and smell the roses’…can be easily shortened to ‘Wake Up’ and not change the inherent meaning.
- The “Hot Flashes” that were supposed to go away once you reached zero estrogen, are still there and still just as annoying.
- Sarcasm sadly comes more easily.
- “Think Before you Speak” is now written on a post it note and lives permanently on my fridge and on my dashboard.
- Yes, you have told that story before!
- No, no one wants to hear it again!
- Seriously, they don’t.
- Referencing computers as CRTS is a conversation stopper.
- Changing your parent’s “In my day” phrase to “It wasn’t that long ago that…” has the same effect as “In my day” did 50 years ago.
- As soon as you are comfortable with a social media choice, the young ones move on. It’s the fastest you’ll see them move in your lifetime.
- You find yourself at that “in between stage” where dinner at 8:00 sounds like guaranteed GERD and dinner at 4:00 sounds like a 50% off milk shake.
- Is Hollywood Squares still a thing?
- It should be.
- It’s hard to get a book published, but pretty much anyone can make a music video and “go viral”. Anyone.
- No one seems to get that “Go Viral” is a terrible term!
- The irony of having 7 different “universal” remotes has not affected any change.
- Good grammar should outlive us all!
- As you pass 70, you might lose your glasses, your patience, and even your sense of direction, but never lose your sense of humor.
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