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You Know You're Fifty When

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With an epidemic of people turning 50 ahead of us, what should we do but laugh!

Seriously, every week I am regaled with at least 12 stories of what 50th birthday parties were like. I'm not sure I can take 20 more years of this. I am always trying to find humor to help me get through these stories, as well as humor I can give as gifts to people.

This Special Large Print Edition is perfect for my purposes.

Here are some of my favorite jokes from the book:

You know you're 50 when --

on your second honeymoon, you tip the bellhop to carry her across the threshold.

you wonder how Mick Jagger stays so thin.

you drop off your dry cleaning at the post office.

'performance anxiety' refers to golf.

your children earn salaries, not allowances.

you're still able to recall where you left your keys, but not what they unlock.

you now read Playboy for the fashion tips.

at last it's okay to sleep late, but you can't.

you carefully trip the fat from cookies.

staying power refers to remaining awake through Cats.

Florida starts looking good.

Be sure to read this book and find your own favorite jokes to keep you amused by your 50+ old friends. Use it to overcome the misconception stall that humor ends with 50.

I like to give books like this (ie, "Getting Old Sucks"; Dave Barry Turns 50) to all my friends when they hit the "Big 5-oh"! It makes getting older a little less painful when you laugh...`

Was a cute gag gift for my mother's birthday. After reading a few realized it had more for men then women. So we will put it away for the next 50th birthday for a male. Funny stuff- if your a man.

There are many very funny jokes and riddles. Nicely illustrated. Fun to have along in the car for the passenger to entertain the driver. It's well written.

Maybe I didn't read prior reviews, but I bought this for a girlfriend that was turning 50, and it is completely written towards men, not women.

Which I've sent to a friend or two for their 50th birthdays.

I loved it, but still haven't gotten a "true review" from the recipients. Has lovely Miss Manners absolved gift recipients these days from having to say "thank you?" I certainly hope not, because I'd love objective reviews of what I send to them and consider funny.

Time's a wastin' on those thank-yous, good friends. Hope you loved the book as much as I did and will let me (and other potential readers) know it.

I highly recommend this as a funny little gift on its own or as part of a larger 50th birthday package!

Got this for my brother's birthday. He enjoyed it very much. It is a small, easy-to-read, quick book so you don't have to tax your (fading) mental capacities after 50, which I personally liked!

I was looking for a quick "over 50" book for a gift, and this one fit the bill. I haven't read it, but breezed through it, had some cute comics. I can't really provide any details on the text however.

I gave this to my dad for his 50th birthday and he loved it! It was very funny and he shamefully admitted that somethings in the book are true and relate to him! Great, funny gift for anyone who is turning 50!!

I bought this book for my uncle who was turning 50. I didn't get a chance to read it myself but he seemed to get a kick out of it.