I'm totally devastated

[ufkacbln]

Hey Danny, I'm under 40 (just) and my aunty keeps offering me botox as a Birthday prez (it's her little side line). I'm wondering if she means botox or bollox although I wouldn't fancy either.

I could give you her number if you would like. She looks like the clown from IT but ... whatever floats your boat.

Your aunty has bollox?

... or does she keep spares in the cupboard - the mind boggles!

 

[Greedo]

Here's a song for you!!


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bHL_5eawxs

 

[karen.488walker]

Good point. I'm going skiing at the start of April so I could combine the two.

Do you qualify for a cheaper lift pass??

 

[Danny]

...Never mind. Have a cup of tea and a biscuit. I said, A BISCUIT! NICE BISCUIT? ARE YOU WARM ENOUGH?

There seems to be a decided lack of sympathy for my predicament. I was hoping someone would massage my wounded male ego, not offer tea and biscuits.

 

[Danny]

Blimey Danny, in less than 10 minutes CC'ers have pledged enough to pay for the 1 way ticket!

Pleas send cheque asap, so I can buy a couple of good cases of wine to drown my sorrows with.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Pleas send cheque asap, so I can buy a couple of good cases of wine to drown my sorrows with.

Think bigger, the way this collection's going you'll soon be able to buy a vinyard

 

[wafflycat]

There seems to be a decided lack of sympathy for my predicament. I was hoping someone would massage my wounded male ego, not offer tea and biscuits.

No sympathy, just practical assistance

 

[gavintc]

I do feel sorry for you. I told my wife your story - she passes on her commiserations. not an easy one to take.

 

[ColinJ]

Hey wafflycat - some of that stuff looks really useful - I must add it to my next Christmas present list!

I was speaking to my ex last week and she said that she thought I was ageing well and didn't look my age (54). She made a point of mentioning that I didn't have those big bushy eyebrows that middle-aged men get. I had to own up to the fact that if I hadn't been trimming them for about 10 years I'd look like an owl by now. Or Dennis Healey...

 

[trustysteed]

I've started a collection for your Switzerland trip...

is that assisted flying?

 

[dellzeqq]

Good point. I'm going skiing at the start of April so I could combine the two.

are you sure that's wise at your time of life?

 

[Crankarm]

Get a grip Grandad Dan. If all that has happened to you is that you've been asked for your OAP pass then you should be flattered not devastated. There is a lot worse that could happen that would genuinely devastate you .

Aren't the baby boomer generation now supposed to be living it up while us in the younger generations are still working to pay for them to ski twice a year and go on endless world cruises? Get out more is all I can say - live life.

What's the connection with Switzerland - Dignitas ?

 

[slowmotion]

Don't worry Danny, it could get worse. A teenage kid offered to give up a seat on a tram yesterday. He called me " Sir".

 

[Danny]

No sympathy, just practical assistance

Well don't expect any kind words from me when you have to start going for blue rinses.

 

[Arch]

Well don't expect any kind words from me when you have to start going for blue rinses.

What do you mean start, she's been having them for years...

<duck>



A year or so back, I was on the train to Winchester, opposite a couple of young girls, maybe 14 or 15, apparently off to some sort of summer school. When the train reversed direction at Reading and pulled out the way we'd come in, as it does, they looked a bit alarmed, so I chipped in and said, don't worry, it's meant to do that, and they said thanks.

It was only later I imagined them saying "But this middle aged lady opposite said it was fine...."

There's some mistake. I can't be 40...