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Here are quips and jokes for that vast half of humanity that is on the inevitable road to aging and knows that sharing laughter with friends is one of the best ways to live until you die.
Samplings:
- When did my wild oats turn to prunes and All-Bran?
- Happy hour is naptime now.
- I finally got all of my stuff together and now I can't remember where I put it.
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Carol Lynn Pearson
Carol Lynn Pearson is the author of more than forty books and plays, including Goodbye, I Love You and The Lord Is My Shepherd: Inspiration for Couples. She is also the author of a variety of poetry, musicals, and plays. She lives in Walnut Creek, California.
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In Dog Years I'm Dead - Carol Lynn Pearson
In Dog Years I’m Dead
Growing Old (Dis)gracefully
Carol Lynn Pearson
In Dog Years I’m Dead
Digital Edition v1.0
Text © 2010 Carol Lynn Pearson
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.
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Library of Congress Catalog-in-Publishing Data
ISBN-13: 978-1-4236-0662-8
ISBN-10: 1-4236-0662-0
1. Aging—Humor. I. Title.
PN6231.A43P43 2010
818’.5402—dc22
2010009750
In Dog Years I’m Dead
Table of Contents
You know you’re getting older when...
You know you’re getting older when...
Suddenly you realize...
When you do the Hokey Pokey you put your left hip out—and it stays out.
You have your choice of two temptations and choose the one that will get you home earlier.
You keep repeating yourself.
You don’t care where your
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