You see, my friend Finn turned 52 last month. He isn't thrilled about it.
Me, being the good friend, just got him a gift subscription to AARP magazine. Comes with a membership in AARP.
He doesn't know yet. Won't know till it arrives in his mailbox at the college.
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
you are evil. then again, my mom's aarp mags mistakenly come to me, and i've been tempted to take a look (i'm 24). i have a weird magazine obssession, though. but you are still evil.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
Why don't you take him out to look for a cemetary plot. Could be a fun date!
Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :
Jamie, your next step will be to get him a book on estate planning for Christmas. Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :
Actually, Eslaine is on the right track. Fill out a form and get a cemetary plot salesman to come to his house. Hee hee! Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :
quote:then again, my mom's aarp mags mistakenly come to me, and i've been tempted to take a look (i'm 24).
Ha! My wife somehow receives (addressed to her) Hispanic Magazine (she is not Hispanic), while I receive (addressed to me) Working Mother!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
That means something.
I'm just not sure what.
Our other current running joke is homie placement. I'm talking about the little plastic "homie" dolls you can get from those quarter vending machines outside of grocery stories. Finn and me and other alum leave them randomly for each other. For Finn, we've left one in his Jeep (he leaves it unlocked), left one outside his office, sent him one through the mail, set one up on the desk just before he lectured to a class. We've got other adventures planned, liked giving one to his son to say he found on his bike, giving ones out to his sports psychology class to turn in with their finals (eighteen homies!).
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
That's a misleading title. For a second, I thought you became Republican.
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
Actually, I thought she became evil last year. Didn't anyone else get the memo?
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Yeah, I was going to mention that I just pretty much assumed mack was evil for a long time now.
But its not like its a bad thing.
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
Is a homie doll anything like this guy? Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Mack,
You should get him a bottle of Geritol, and a pair of compression socks, black, so he can wear them with shorts and sandals when he moves to Florida.
I can, of course, send you a Viagra pen.(A sales rep gives them to my husband at the bar)I tell you, those pens last forever...
Posted by Evil (Member # 4830) on :
Obviously, I've received no memo.
However, if you really want to join, make him fat.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
He runs marathons. Making him fat would be really, really tough.
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
while i do appreciate evil giving props to celia, i think i need to point out that while i am evil. i have not registered evil as a screen name.
hello, evil, my old friend.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
They may last long, Elizabeth, but how big are they?
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
I was glad to see the posts from Xavier and Theca. I was afraid I was the only one who was thrown by the word "finally" and wondering why this was news. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Pooka, ha ha
Posted by Maethoriell (Member # 3805) on :
Being a young one that I am, what is AARP?
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Something Something Retired Persons or something...
Tell him that by being a member of the AARP, he can get a 10% discount on AOL. If you can get him to join AOL, I will officially recognize you as being more evil than celia.
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
maethoriell,
AARP (the organization formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) describes itself as "the nation's leading organization for people aged 50 and older.
They also, I believe, are the most powerful lobby in Washington, which is why you hear so much about prescription drugs and Medicare from politicians...
Posted by E (Member # 1748) on :
Wow. If they are the most powerful lobby in Washington, that could be pretty significant with the baby boomers swelling their ranks in the next few years.
I am planning to get wealthy by creating Decorative Compression Hosiery for the Aging Hippie. Tie dye, batik, peace signs, etc. No one's feet should swell, but why not contain the veins in some other color than "flesh" or black?
[ October 26, 2003, 06:36 AM: Message edited by: E ]
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
I'm so relieved - I though Mac had decided to go to law school.
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