My Year of Turning 50

JibJab.com is one of wonderful places on the Internet for video parodies. It also has a place where people exchange jokes, called JokeBox.
The video below is a parody of Rocky, both sick and a little sweet. Below that is some turning 50 (and older) jokes.

“Rocky After Retirement” | Funny Jokes at JibJab
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Great. Another reason not to have a big belly. A new study says having a big belly in your 40s might raise your risk for dementia later in life. Yes, feel free to point that out to your friend who is turning 50 years old.

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My colleague Matt Simantov made a set of Valentine’s Day e-cards to send to those you love — and those you don’t. The one here reminds me of my mother, who hated cut flowers since she felt it was killing something live. I’ve always used that as an excuse…I mean reason…not to buy flowers. I’m [...]

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My fortune cookie last night said, “Next time, order the shrimp.” Funny but it was true. I wonder if there is something for a turning 50 roast or toast in fortune cookies like this. I found some funny ones here, including “Your plants hate you,” which is also true for me, and “Some fortune cookies [...]

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The majority of people who end up on this blog come by searching Google for turning 50 jokes. Every so often, I like to prowl around myself and look for old new ones (or is that new old ones) on the Internet. Through Boomer Chronicles blog, I stumbled upon Boomer Jokes. Seems to be a [...]

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According to the Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator, I have another 39 years to live. So maybe turning 50 years old isn’t that bad after all. (OK, yes, I know, it’s only an estimate, etc. etc. Stop being such a buzz kill! If I do have another 39 years left, maybe I can finally [...]

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I mentioned in an earlier post that my brother, according to the family grapevine, was planning to send me a gift at work, something hideous. Well, it arrived today — a funeral arrangement. (That’s me with it at left. Sigh)

Sick? Yes. Inspired? Perhaps? Embarrassing? For sure. Would I recommend it as a gift for someone [...]

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OK, this animated cartoon, about aging baby boomers trying to stay young, has me laughing out loud, or LOL as we used to say in the AOL years. (Note you have to follow the link to see the Walt Handelsman piece.) It contains a song you could all sing to your favorite baby boomer turning [...]

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With fewer than 10 days until I turn 50 years old, I started to think of top 10 lists. Not sure why this one popped into my head in the moments between sleep and waking, but there are words/phrases that I probably should stop saying, in deference to my age. Not sure I have 10, [...]

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My other favorite boomer blog, The Boomer Chronicles, weighs into with a post titled “Male Menopause is an oxymoron.” I remember sitting through a conference workshop in the mid-1990s on this subject, and both blushing and leaving the room in fear of my 50s. Of course, at 40-something, 50 seemed a distance island I would [...]

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