I hit 40 last year and I want to buy this T-shirt of The Smiths. Am I pathetic?

[Arugula Latte]

Poll question: I hit 40 last year and I want to buy this T-shirt of The Smiths. Am I pathetic?

[Shell Beau]

1. Nah! Wear it! 40 is the new 30!

;)

[Arugula Latte]

2. Yay! I like you!

:hug:

[hfojvt]

20. not necessarily

my uncle was born in 1929, died in 2002, age 73
his father was born in 1898, died in 1978, age 79
his father was born in 1875, died in 1942, age 67 (but he died in a car accident)
his father was born in 1853, died in 1929, age 75
his father was born in 1811, died in 1901, age 90
his father was born in 1779, died in 1846, age 67
his father was born in 1750, died unknown after 1798
his father was born in 1705, died in 1787, age 81

I find this modern notion, that we are gonna live longer, to not be backed up by the facts.

[Coventina]

22. I don't think it's so much that we are living longer or not

I think it's that "youth culture" is practiced by older and older adults.

[taterguy]

3. You have to wear the Smiths to keep up with the Joneses

Sorry, couldn't resist

[Arugula Latte]

4. ...and they have to keep up with the Joneseses

and so on ...

:D

[Nye Bevan]

5. What difference does it make?

[Dora]

11. it makes none

[Arugula Latte]

25. But now [I] have gone and [I] must be looking very old tonight ...

:rofl:

[Beer Snob-50]

6. I say wear it!

although my wife threw away all of my t shirts like that when we got married (like 17 years ago)

[eyesroll]

7. You are human and you need to be loved.

Just like everyone else does.

[Gen. Jack D. Ripper]

8. 40-year-old women in rock T-shirts = HOT! n/t

[Arugula Latte]

24. woohoo!

:woohoo:

[Coventina]

9. You are vivid and in your prime!!

Wear the shirt!!

I'm going to see Morrissey in a few weeks!

:woohoo:

[Arugula Latte]

15. I am jealous!

Say hi to the Moz for me, m'kay? :hi:

[Dora]

10. I would go out tonight

but I haven't got a stitch to wear.

:P

[Coventina]

12. It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care!

:D

[Dora]

13. Why ponder life's complexities when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?

:D

[VenusRising]

14. Buy and wear whatever makes you happy.

No one else has to wear it but you. I got a tie-dyed Jim Morrison t-shirt for my 30th birthday last year. I love it and wear it with pride. I love my Lizard King shirt.

Buy it! :bounce:

[The2ndWheel]

16. I think it's pathetic that you turned 40

It ain't the new 30, that just what the old folk say to get through the day :evilgrin:

But really, I'm not a big fan of time, so you wear what you want. Pretty soon you won't be able to remember what you liked, and a t-shirt can be a helpful reminder O8)

[Arugula Latte]

26. Yeah, just you wait until you get there, young man. *shakes cane angrily*

:rofl:

[hfojvt]

17. I am a star on 45

and I do not know these Smiths. Is that from Lewis Carroll?

'twas brillig and the smithy toves
did gyre and gimbel in the wabe

The Smiths? It sounds like an alias. Are people really named 'Smith'?

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. I'm 51...

and wearing an Intergalactic Wrestling Federation T-shirt featuring this dude:







If you're pathetic, I'm patheticer. :hi:

[NightWatcher]

19. I'm 31 and own my own (small) business, and if I can wear a Misfits shirt

you can pull off the Smiths. I love rock tees almost as much as I love women in rock tees.

[Left Is Write]

21. NO. YOU ARE NOT PATHETIC.

Sorry to shout, but I also turned 40 last year, and I don't follow many of the "rules" for women our age. I wear what I feel good in, and that includes low-rise jeans, sequinned sandals, and peep-toe pumps. I'd wear a Smiths t-shirt in a heartbeat.

[hippiechick]

23. Shit, I turned 40 last year and I'm going to see Kings of Leon

... in my mini skirt and t-shirt in 2 weeks. An' Ima wear it PROUD, baby!


The Smiths are too cool, btw !! :applause:

[hfojvt]

29. if you are wearing a mini-skirt

is anybody gonna notice the t-shirt? :evilgrin:

[hippiechick]

31. uhmm ....

I'm 38DD. What do you think? :blush:

:evilgrin:

[grace0418]

27. The Smiths rock so no, it's not pathetic.

Only if they sucked. :)

[SKKY]

28. I'm 36, and I still wear this cool Morrissey shirt I bought, like 10 years ago...

So, go ahead and get it.

[Rob H.]

30. Go for it

I'll be 39 this year and if I were a t-shirt-wearin' kinda guy, that's what I would do. :)


Edit: cAPitaLIZinG eRrOR. :P

[bigwillq]

32. Buy it

Wear it. Love it.



:hi:

[NewJeffCT]

33. I'm 40, too

just turned 40 in December. I love The Smiths, but I'd feel weird wearing that t-shirt. Of course, I also have not bought a new piece of music since December of 1999 and couldn't tell you anybody that is in today's top 10, or last week's or last month's. I also don't own an iPod and don't listen to FM radio. So, I might also be a bit of an exception that way.

[Sequoia]

34. Hey, guess what.

Morrisey was at the Wells Fargo Center May 2 in Santa Rosa, CA and a fan rushed the stage and tore off his shirt, ripped it up and handed it out for other fans.

So you are not alone!

[ghostsofgiants]

35. Damn, that is a nice shirt.

Get me one while you're at it.

[gollygee]

36. I love it! I'm 38 and I'd wear it!

go for it :D

[Dastard Stepchild]

37. I'm turning 32 this year...

and I want to buy and wear that shirt.

It's wonderful!