Older People Can be Pretty Cool
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Old Men by Ogden Nash
Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 - May 19, 1971)
People expect old men to die,
They do not really mourn old men.
Old men are different. People look
At them with eyes that wonder when…
People watch with unshocked eyes;
But the old men know when an old man dies.
"This poem offers a very different attitude to the ageing man from the view we get in a ‘straight’ or serious poem like Tennyson’s ‘Ulysses’. But unusually in Nash’s oeuvre, ‘Old Men’ is poignant and moving, stating that people expect old men to die and so do not mourn them, but ‘the old man knows when an old man dies’."
"There is also none of the linguistic jiggery-pokery we find in many other Ogden Nash poems on this list. Instead the language is not just plain but free from any tongue-in-cheek, nonsense words. It shows a more serious side to Nash which is not often talked about, and shows that he was more than just a comic poet (not that being a successful comic poet is exactly a minor achievement in itself)."
Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 - May 19, 1971)
People expect old men to die,
They do not really mourn old men.
Old men are different. People look
At them with eyes that wonder when…
People watch with unshocked eyes;
But the old men know when an old man dies.
"This poem offers a very different attitude to the ageing man from the view we get in a ‘straight’ or serious poem like Tennyson’s ‘Ulysses’. But unusually in Nash’s oeuvre, ‘Old Men’ is poignant and moving, stating that people expect old men to die and so do not mourn them, but ‘the old man knows when an old man dies’."
"There is also none of the linguistic jiggery-pokery we find in many other Ogden Nash poems on this list. Instead the language is not just plain but free from any tongue-in-cheek, nonsense words. It shows a more serious side to Nash which is not often talked about, and shows that he was more than just a comic poet (not that being a successful comic poet is exactly a minor achievement in itself)."
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You are never too old to Rock & Roll.
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The wife and me going to an A/C D/C concert.
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Agebusters: 9 Awesome People Who Simply Refuse To Act Their Age
"On the Panel tonight, Gilbert Gottfried, Ryan Belleville and Pay Chen join George to chat about acting your age. That got us thinking about all the agebusters who we've covered on the site over the years — people, old or young, who dramatically and defiantly refuse to be hemmed in by expectations about what's "age appropriate." Check out a salute to some of our favourite agebusters in our gallery above."
"On the Panel tonight, Gilbert Gottfried, Ryan Belleville and Pay Chen join George to chat about acting your age. That got us thinking about all the agebusters who we've covered on the site over the years — people, old or young, who dramatically and defiantly refuse to be hemmed in by expectations about what's "age appropriate." Check out a salute to some of our favourite agebusters in our gallery above."
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"You Make Me Feel So Young" is a 1946 popular song composed by Josef Myrow, with lyrics written by Mack Gordon. It was introduced in the 1946 musical film Three Little Girls in Blue, where it was sung by the characters and performed by Vera-Ellen and Charles Smith."
You Make Me Feel So Young (take 5) (Alternate Take) · Chet Baker
You Make Me Feel So Young (take 5) (Alternate Take) · Chet Baker
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