Dave Barry Turns 50 Author:Dave Barry Dave Barry's 10 Signs That You May Be Turning 50 — 1. You tend to forget things. — 2. When you drive your car, you notice that people yell at you a lot. Often, these people are lying on your hood. — 3.On more than one occasion, while shaving, you have noticed that your razor seemed kind of dull. Upon closer examination, your razor turned out to be ... more »your toothbrush.
4.You're always searching for the right word or name. You'll be telling an anecdote, and you'll get stuck on a name, and you'll tell your listeners: "You know! That guy! With the thing! He has that thing! That guy!" And everybody will start trying to guess who you're talking about, as if you're playing charades, and finally, after ten minutes of this, it will turn out that the name you're trying to remember is: "The Pope." By this time, of course, you have no recollection of the original anecdote.« less
Dave Barry guides readers on the Boomer Journey to maturity, taking his usual jabs at everything from teenage drivers to government stupidity and othr redundancies.