Age and Youth Debate . . .
Old Man and Young Man
Recently over at the Marmot's Hole blog, a genial fellow who calls himself "Hoju-Saram" (Australian person) posted a comment about his callow youth:
Back when I was stupid, I wandered out of the South Central bus terminal, determined to make the most of my 8-hour layover by walking to downtown LA. I got about 100 yards towards Compton when I started getting circled by gang-bangers.In case you were wondering, he survived, which allowed me to respond:
I used to be young and stupid like that, too, but I'm no longer young.Which garnered a puzzling response from a fellow going by the moniker "Super H Mart JW":
Wrong! It's all downhill after you're 40, didn't u get the memo?"Eh?" I wondered:
Wrong about no longer being young? But I'm over 40!Which got this reply:
About being young and stupid!To which, I provided the only possible, truest answer:
The older I get, the stupider I was when young.Which brought the exchange to an end in which both youth and age each thought to have bested the other . . .
Labels: Humor
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 3:35 AM
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2 Comments:
Youth calls to age across the tired years:
'What have you found,' he cries, 'What have you sought?'
'What have you found," age answers through his tears,
'What have you sought.'
Thanks for the reminder of the original Dylan, but check the original lines.
I've found that I've ever been a bit stupid . . . and am smarter only in recognizing that fact.
Jeffery Hodges
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