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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Score one for us 50-somethings. Apparently the character of Dr. Paul Weston of HBO’s In Treatment is a hottie. As played by 56-year-old actor Gabriel Byrne (shown in HBO photo from series), the psychotherapist is, in the words of one woman in today’s NY Times article “a hunk, totally. He’s hot” and, the article says, [...]

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Something else turning 50 this year? The peace symbol, first used, according to an On the Media segment, on Feb. 21, 1958 at a British anti-nuclear march. (Photo from Flickr user Dragonoak, used under Creative Commons license.)… AARP came after me again today. Sigh…Guess what else is 50 years old? The Smurfs. NPR asks, “So [...]

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A bit like my year of turning 50 years old and beyond…my life feels halfway over, but still some things to find on the dark side of the moon (dang, never saw Pink Floyd)…this is from tonight’s lunar eclipse.

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Another scary thing about turning 50 years old — now I find out my heart will inevitably and, as the article says, inexplicably strink — something researchers are calling the “age 50 effect.”
Note to researchers: You need to be more creative with your names. How about “The Reverse Grinch Effect” — your heart strinks three [...]

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I am still getting used to my year of turning 50 years old. Today, an ad on the back of the New York Times Week in Review says “Hallmark sold 85,000 ‘Happy 100th Birthday!’ cards last year.” (It’s an add for retirement planning.) Of course, estimates are there are about 40,000 to 50,000 centenarians in [...]

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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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I decided that in my year of turning 50, well, 51…I’d exercise more. So did actor-comedian Steve Harvey, who wants men to know, “At 50, you are still fly.” (OK, I was NEVER fly.) So, to “prove it, he shaved his head and began exercising.” OK…exercise yes, but I figure after keeping my hair until [...]

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I came across a post recently on the wonderfully named blog PunditMom, titled “My Year of Turning 50 — Part 1.” I feel a certain pride in the name of this blog, so at first I was a little ticked seeing this post. I mean, hey, I was there first! But then, now that I [...]

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