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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 9199732" data-attributes="member: 508"><p>Well, happy birthday, Goodsport! I'll bet it's not all that unusual for your birthday to fall on Thanksgiving, huh?</p><p></p><p>Seven years ago (when I was 52), I had just finished reading a Dr. Seuss book to a class of first-graders (it was a tradition, given it was on Dr. Seuss's birthday), and I asked if anybody had any questions. It kind of went like this:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Kid 1: "How old are you?" (The teacher's eyes go wild at her student asking a personal question.)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Me: "Well, how old do you think I am?"</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Kid 1: "22."</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Me: "Wow, you're my new best friend! Nope, I'm older than 22, but you got the second '2' right." (Another kid raises his hand.) "Yes?"</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Kid 2: "62!" (The teacher looks on, aghast.)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Me: "Well, that's a lot closer - I'm actually 52. Can you believe that? I'm over <em>half a century old!</em> But 52 is kind of a cool age to be - I'm one year old for every week there is in a year. And I've lived one whole year for every card there is in a deck of cards, if you don't count the jokers."</p><p></p><p>The teacher apologized to me afterwards and said I handled it well, but I told her I wasn't the least bit concerned about discussing my age with a bunch of kids. I just thought it was pretty funny that to a first-grader, 22 and 62 are pretty much the same - old!</p><p></p><p>I hope you enjoy your 52nd birthday!</p><p></p><p>Johnathan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richards, post: 9199732, member: 508"] Well, happy birthday, Goodsport! I'll bet it's not all that unusual for your birthday to fall on Thanksgiving, huh? Seven years ago (when I was 52), I had just finished reading a Dr. Seuss book to a class of first-graders (it was a tradition, given it was on Dr. Seuss's birthday), and I asked if anybody had any questions. It kind of went like this: [INDENT]Kid 1: "How old are you?" (The teacher's eyes go wild at her student asking a personal question.)[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Me: "Well, how old do you think I am?"[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Kid 1: "22."[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Me: "Wow, you're my new best friend! Nope, I'm older than 22, but you got the second '2' right." (Another kid raises his hand.) "Yes?"[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Kid 2: "62!" (The teacher looks on, aghast.)[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Me: "Well, that's a lot closer - I'm actually 52. Can you believe that? I'm over [i]half a century old![/i] But 52 is kind of a cool age to be - I'm one year old for every week there is in a year. And I've lived one whole year for every card there is in a deck of cards, if you don't count the jokers."[/INDENT] The teacher apologized to me afterwards and said I handled it well, but I told her I wasn't the least bit concerned about discussing my age with a bunch of kids. I just thought it was pretty funny that to a first-grader, 22 and 62 are pretty much the same - old! I hope you enjoy your 52nd birthday! Johnathan [/QUOTE]
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