maleficent

Ok - so this applies to maybe 4 women in the ladies lounge - but I liked this and thought I'd share...

Andy Rooney says:

As I grow in age, I value women who are over 40 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why........
[*]A woman over 40 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, "What are you thinking?" She doesn't care what you think. YUP
[*]If a woman over 40 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And, it's usually something more interesting. YUP
[*]A woman over 40 knows herself well enough to be assured in whom she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of 40 give a hoot what you might think about her or what she's doing. YUP
[*]Women over 40 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away with it. YUP
[*]Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it's like to be unappreciated. YUP
[*]A woman over 40 has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend because she doesn't trust the guy with other women. Women over 40 couldn't care less if you're attracted to her friends because she knows her friends won't betray her. YUP
[*]Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 40. YUP
[*]They always know a woman over 40 looks good wearing bright red lipstick. This is not true of younger women.
[*]Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 40 is far sexier than her younger counterpart. Just look at NGDawg
[*]Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off if you are a jerk or if you are acting like one! You don't ever have to wonder where you stand with her. YUP

Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed hot woman of 40+, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year-old waitress. Ladies, I apologize.

For all those men who say, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free". Here's an update for you: Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage, why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire Pig, just to get a little sausage. AMEN!!!

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little_tippler

So, I'm only 25 but Ilike that too! He's very right I think. I hope I can be that calm, cool and collected when I'm 40.

Also, this made me laugh so hard:

Too right!

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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

Fernando Pessoa, 1918

Meditrina

As I am getting closer to 40, I realize that many of those pertain to me. and I can only hope I look as good as ngdawg does when I reach it.

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Sultana

This is great...and I'm not far from 40! My fav is:

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Beccarain

OK, so I'm just barely 40, but I found myself nodding at everything Andy Rooney had to say, and yes, I laughed out loud at "pig . . . sausage" note! What a great comeback to the whole "cow and milk for free" thing.

Elphaba

These are great quips, but Andy Rooney didn't make them. Snopes.com covers a number of so called attributions to Rooney. This is one of them.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney2.asp

Gilda

I'm not yet 30, but I thought I see how these apply to me:

A woman over 40 will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, "What are you thinking?" She doesn't care what you think. [Nope]

If a woman over 40 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And it's usually something more interesting. [yep]

A woman over 40 knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the age of 40 give a damn what you might think about her or what she's doing. [nope]

Women over 40 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you if they think they can get away with it... [yep]

Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it's like to be unappreciated. [yep]

Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 40. They always know. [nope]

Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off you are a jerk if you are acting like one. You don't ever have to wonder where you stand with her.... [nope, and it contradicts the praise one above]

Amen, esepcially when you can just give up on red meat altogether and enjoy some nice shellfish.

Gilda

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