Comments on: Friday is Five Times too Old

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:53 +0000

Ooh! A hundred comments!

By: slim

slim — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:26:37 +0000

24. I’d just came out of two back to back 3 year relationships and on the weekend of my birthday I got dragged to t in the park by friends to cheer me up. I took full advantage of being single and went girl crazy that weekend. I probably acted disgracefully but it had to be done at the time.

being the same age as my dad – who was in his early thirties when I was kid.

My dad was about about 32, my mum 28. Im now 30 and a dad.

shrinking. Im short enough already!

sitting on my favourite park bench with the missus

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:30:48 +0000

I remember that actually – thinking ‘Oooh, I’ll be a quarter century in the year 2000 – then I’ll be a proper grown up.’

And look how mature and wise I did indeed become.

By: Blimpy

Blimpy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:31:42 +0000

1. I really liked 23, as a grown up, other than that 5 was fucking ace!

2. As a kid, I was mind boggled to think I’d be the ancient 23 years old in the year 2000, it did not compute!

3. Not there yet

4. I most fear that I’ll age horribly, just before science discovers a way to preserve us forever

5. Looking forward to the most? A cup of tea, mebbe some beans on toast for lunch…

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:27:51 +0000

Errrrm… Well there is a rumour that one of the management staff is that way inclined and when they have a big team dinner at the end of the season he climbs under the table. Then the player of the season finds out he’s won the accolade when he feels his zip unfastened and gets blown by his boss.

Happy Saturday

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:31:34 +0000

Adam: spectacularly and brilliantly late as usual, but yeah, I want that rugby story too. Tim, are you saying that rugby is even more gay than it looks.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:29:24 +0000

Dammit, where is Tim. I want to hear the rugby story!!!

By: peej

peej — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:27:34 +0000

Just sent you an email about SXSW 2010 and stuff.

By: adam

adam — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:24:48 +0000

1. Although there was a fair amount of misery and self-indulgent whining Smithsy angst I did very much enjoy being a sixth former.
2. I remember getting a vaccination aged about five and being told that I’d need my next one when I was eleven and thinking ‘it’s okay, that’s ages, I’ll never be eleven, I don’t have to worry about that’ but still worrying because I hadn’t enjoyed having a needle stuck in me at all.
3. My mum was 23, my dad was 43. So when my mum was my current age (41) I was 18 (which I find pretty weird), whilst when my dad was my age I wasn’t even a wee glimpse.
4. Dunno. I was talking about this with somebody the other day and to be honest, comparatively desperate unfitness aside, I don’t feel any different now than I have done at any other time that I can remember, and I can remember stuff fairly consistently back to about aged 3. I’ll get more fucked up in ways that haven’t occured to me yet but it’ll still be me looking out, and that’s okay.
5. I’m not going to tell you until it happens, at which point I will shout about it.

Also,

1. Happy birthday Matthew.
2. That line about ‘excel spreadsheet on crack’ reminded me of Superhans’ “This crack is very moreish” which I think is my second favourite comedy line heard this year (the one about Malcolm Tucker’s tea towel on the outakes from The Thick of It special is the best one)
3. I think “and the incentives for early childbirth provided by the benefits system” is a complete bunch of arse, as is the emphasis of overpopulation as a diversion from ridiculous over consumption (he says tapping out on his laptop whilst watching his tv in his nice living room… yes, yes, I know.)

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:43:11 +0000

Er, Tim. WHAT?