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YOUNG AT HEART


george h.w. bush

YOUNG AT HEART
When you’re over 80 and you have more balls than most teenagers.

(George H.W. Bush)

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  1. Rontu says:

    So how many balls does he have?

  2. huh says:

    OMG flying bush !!!!

  3. Andrew says:

    And more health care

  4. pittypat says:

    I guess he could have only one; since there are more girls than boys, the majority of teenagers have none :P

  5. Wyde says:

    Yeah, it also helps to be a millionaire, so you can sky-dive as much as you, oh, say, drive your own car.

  6. MK1K says:

    I don’t know many teenagers who would refuse a chance at skydiving.

    • Tyler says:

      I know I wouldn’t.

      • Compulsorry says:

        Same here. Then again, if I had a son like his, I’d probably jump without the chute. Does that still qualify as skydiving?

        • Tyler says:

          Then again you’re still a troll who knows nothing about me personally or my family, so you’re really not qualified to make judgments.

          • Tyler, I think you’re taking offense at what appears to be an insult to Bush I’s son…as I read it.

            • Tyler says:

              I AM SO FAIL.
              Sorry, I was reading teh caretroll’s posts and was ready to throttle mice. My bad, Compulsorry! Paranoia FAIL!

              • Tyler says:

                I feel so bad. Sorry again, Compulsorry, I thought you were… Again. Megh. I thought he had socks.

                • Compulsorry says:

                  Right. I officially have nothing useful to do, at the moment, digging up posts half a year old… and still I don’t really check back often enough, I guess, cos had I seen this sooner I would’ve replied:

                  No worries, have a beer :)

      • bad fairie says:

        what i don’t understand is why anyone would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

    • Eric-in-STL says:

      When I was a teenager there’s no way in hell I would’ve gone skydiving. I’m terrified of heights.

      • Tyler says:

        Well that doesn’t mean you *Shouldn’t* have :P
        I know I would, and I’m not much for heights either.

      • Lilith says:

        If jumping out of extreme heights were as exciting as taking a nap, no one would do it. The stress is a necessary part of the whole thing. I am afraid of heights too, I even get weak knees when I’m standing on a ladder in my living room, but the real reason why I don’t go skydiving – besides the money – is the risk. For example, if something goes wrong in the water, you may still have a good chance to survive by your own strength. If anything goes wrong in the air, you will inevitably go SPLAT!

        So if I’m healthy enough in my old age, I definitely want to do it. In that case I will be only losing a few years ;)

  7. anonymous says:

    he doesn’t necessarily have more balls, he just has nothing to lose if he dies.

    • Lomelindi says:

      O_o Touche. Didn’t think about it that way.

    • Lilith says:

      *lol* Just my thought :D Imagine you were young and terminally ill…would you live a safe quiet life or would you rather want to experience the extremes life has to offer as long as you are able to?

      Doing risky things is far more sensible in old age than before…because if it goes wrong in young age, you throw away an entire life.

    • WhoNose says:

      Yeah, my first thought was that there was secret deathwish involved. Better to die from thrill than in a sick bed, no?

  8. Lolrus says:

    I’m SO proud of you people for not going “FIRST” at the top of this LOL.

  9. LAWLWUT says:

    you know…he has a bigger bush then most teenagers too

  10. Igloo McCoy says:

    I feel like I’m missing something. It’s not supposed to be funny, but witty, right? But there isn’t anything remotely clever. Is this supposed to make me laugh?

    • Dhoti says:

      I think it’s supposed to play off the “wimp” meme, which, oddly enough, no one seems to have mentioned…

  11. flip says:

    Go go gadget George!

  12. Fishy says:

    Old and rich: When you’re over 80 and can easily afford a skydive, unlike most teenagers.

    • Dhoti says:

      A single skydive typically costs $85-200. Not exactly monocle and top hat territory…

      • Tyler says:

        I don’t have 85 :( Mostly because I’m doing volunteer work, not an actual job, though.

        • Dhoti says:

          No offense to the broke teenagers out there — been there, done that. But still, if you wanted to go skydiving, you could probably scrape it together or save up for a bit.

          I just don’t get the knee-jerk “old rich guy” reaction for something that’s not even close to costing rich-person money. If he had bought the plane when he finished — or the business — then that’s a different story.

          • HairySexyTroll says:

            Or the farm…

            • Eric-in-STL says:

              What farm is he buying? I don’t see Bush as…
              Oh.
              I see what you did there.

              • AC says:

                Fine, I give up on my “stop asking stupid questions on PK” rule.
                *sigh*
                Damn curiousity. What did HST mean there?

                • Tyler says:

                  :) It’s okay that you’re Scottish, AC. We just luv ya all the more for it.

                    • viking gal says:

                      “bought the farm” = dead, in US idiom. I don’t know why.

                      • Deep Thought says:

                        If a serviceman was killed in action, his family would receive a payout from the insurance that service personnel were issued with. This would be sufficient to pay off the family mortgage, and thus, buy the farm.

                        • viking gal says:

                          Cool! Thanks for the background!!

                        • Dhoti says:

                          Actually, according to Snopes at least, that’s unconfirmed. (I was surprised; I figured the etymology for that phrase would be much less complicated than it is.)

                        • Eric-in-STL says:

                          I still want to know why dropping a deuce is sometimes called “I gotta see a man about a horse.” It’s funny, sure, but what does it mean?

                        • Original Andrea says:

                          Eric, I think in Australia the more common saying is “see a man about a dog”, which I have vague reason to believe is rhyming slang for “take a bog”. Then I read elsewhere that no one knows the origin of the phrase, and that people use it to excuse themselves any time they can’t be bothered explaining.

                          Helpfulness: zero.

                  • paws4thot says:

                    What is more surprising is that AC hasn’t read Heinlein’s “Starship Troopers”, which is where I learnt about “real estate deals”.

                    • AC says:

                      Haven’t read Heinlein actually… *is ashamed* I keep meaning to buy “Stranger in a strange land” but I’m too stingy… And skint…

                      • Don’t you have libraries in Scotland?

                        • AC says:

                          *Mutter about the bloody annoying people who only want to read potboilers and end up exiling sci-fi books that aren’t star wars novels to the reserves*
                          Yeah, but they don’t always have the books I’m looking for… And I already have a few out and am not so keen to get everything from there. I think they hate me after my last fine… £7.70, people, Seven pounds seventy!!!!

                        • Eric-in-STL says:

                          £7.70
                          Uh, is that a lot?

                        • AC says:

                          For a Library fine which is usually about 45p (£0.45) in our library. I’m also a very, very stingy person who hates losing money :lol:

                      • Tyler says:

                        Is skint a Scottish word? O.o

                      • paws4thot says:

                        Big hint wrt Heinlein; all the good stuff was written in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, so read Starship Troopers and Stranger when you get the chance, and leave it at that. I read some of the later stuff, and really wish I’d not bothered.

                        • AC says:

                          Thanks, I’ll remember that when I’m looking for some summer reads… I have a lot of lost reading time to make up for now that exams are all finished!

                        • paws4thot says:

                          Any time. I’m a major science fiction fan from back well before I was your age (I first saw Star Trek in monochrome), and am easily old enough to be your father, with a personal collection of over 2_000 titles (not all SF though).

                        • viking gal says:

                          Another PK’er who is insulating their living space with books! I resemble that remark!

                        • I have many leather bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.

                        • Jane St.Clair says:

                          If only I could also resemble that, VG. Alas my space is limited so once a year I go through a painful purging and donate books that are not absolutely necessary for my survival to the library. I comfort myself by telling myself that other people are getting enjoyment of them now. :(

                        • Eric-in-STL says:

                          I have several books. That belong to my wife.

                      • Vila Restal says:

                        Torrents **cough cough** Torrents!! (and free download sites.) Did I say anything like Copyright Infringement. Nope!! Don’t think I did. **walks away whistling casually**

                • “Buying the farm” = colloquialism for dying.

          • Fishy says:

            But it’s just that a broke teenager could have better things to spend his/her 80 to 200 dollars on than proving how many balls he/she has.

      • Jane St.Clair says:

        Add ten more dollars and you could probably skydive with a monocle and top hat.

  13. MsMsBurning says:

    Since his balls are now at the back of his throat is that a good thing?

  14. Realist says:

    hey — when I’m over 80, I just want to be able to carry on a cogent conversation and NOT be drooling. Gotta hand it to him for WANTING to skydive — let alone being able to!

  15. Purple Shirted Eye Stabber says:

    Tell me again how being strapped to somebody else is ballsy. Time to solo old man!
    …not to mention that most teens CAN’T sky dive anyway. Minimum age is 16 with parental consent or 18 without.

  16. RUSerious? says:

    As if teenagers have balls. They’re just dumb enough to do something as outrageous as throw themselves out of a perfectly good plane. ;)

  17. jimmy bones says:

    If I’d brought george w. into the world I’d jump out of a plane too.

  18. Raz says:

    And more money than teens to go do things like skydive to prove how many balls you have…

  19. qwerty says:

    Well he’s old; he’s bound to die these days. A teenager would risk his entire life by jumping out of a plane.

  20. samuel says:

    Rock on G H W B

  21. nerfburb says:

    Oh, friggin’ please. ANYONE can skydive with a trained friggin’ skydiver on their back. Almost every single thrill on earth can be obtained for a some, and without training. Kinda takes the awesome out of it. The balls too.

      • Vila Restal says:

        Actually sorry!! This is how you are supposed to Sky Dive first to get the feel of it. Then you adopt a training chute, before going onto the full sky dive system. I’ve done parachuting a few times (I have no idea why as I’m ex Navy. Not much point in skydiving out of a ship!! :-) )

  22. Kelly says:

    teenagers don´t have balls. they think dressing in baggy pants makes them gangstas. they would crap their pants if they did anything even remotely dangerous.

    • Tyler says:

      Thanks for stereotyping all of us with your broad brush. Think for yourself for once, Kelly. I’ve met you and argued on Graphjam, don’t make me use my logic on you here.

      • Marekatt says:

        Thanks for telling her. Kelly obviously got “balls” tho’… she dares to trashtalk and generalize on the internet!

  23. morecowbell says:

    more balls than other presidents, too. well, president.


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