What is it about turning forty that makes you want to try and run fast back wards and recapture your youth?
The female of the species at this time of life, purely from my observations, seems to worry about wrinkles and things moving south which I presume is a reference to the over population below the Watford Gap.
Men on the other hand who from the first moment they were able to look in a mirror new they looked fantastic don’t worry about how attractive to women we are. This is largely due to David Mellor or politicians in general because if they can get a bird we all can if we were bothered.
No upon hitting 40 we seem to worry about life getting dull and remember the fun that could be had with a couple of mates with a stick that be came an AK47 and the recreation of Apocalypse Now. If you ask most men of my age had they been to Nam the answer would be yes as aged 12 [in their minds at least] they had recreated the whole conflict in the backyard or down the lock rec.
So how do we compensate for this turning of the years? Well while the other half is looking at the cost of botox we look at our toys and decide we need a new one [or second hand if the house hold expenses are tight]. This will often be in the 2 or 4 wheeled variety and must sound right. The right sound being the noise created by pegging some football cards to your bike frame so they were flicked by the spokes of the wheel creating that V8 effect.
As we sit in or on our new toys our minds connect once again with the little boy that is inside us and we are Nigel Mansel or Barry Sheen and for a fleeting moment we are back in the yard with no responsibility just having fun and dreaming dreams. So does the male of the species really need to grow up, my wife often comments she has 3 boys in the house. We just need to remember that Jesus said if we are to enter the Kingdom of Heaven we must see it through the eyes of a child!
Look it up if you don’t believe me [Matthew 18.1-5]
The female of the species at this time of life, purely from my observations, seems to worry about wrinkles and things moving south which I presume is a reference to the over population below the Watford Gap.
Men on the other hand who from the first moment they were able to look in a mirror new they looked fantastic don’t worry about how attractive to women we are. This is largely due to David Mellor or politicians in general because if they can get a bird we all can if we were bothered.
No upon hitting 40 we seem to worry about life getting dull and remember the fun that could be had with a couple of mates with a stick that be came an AK47 and the recreation of Apocalypse Now. If you ask most men of my age had they been to Nam the answer would be yes as aged 12 [in their minds at least] they had recreated the whole conflict in the backyard or down the lock rec.
So how do we compensate for this turning of the years? Well while the other half is looking at the cost of botox we look at our toys and decide we need a new one [or second hand if the house hold expenses are tight]. This will often be in the 2 or 4 wheeled variety and must sound right. The right sound being the noise created by pegging some football cards to your bike frame so they were flicked by the spokes of the wheel creating that V8 effect.
As we sit in or on our new toys our minds connect once again with the little boy that is inside us and we are Nigel Mansel or Barry Sheen and for a fleeting moment we are back in the yard with no responsibility just having fun and dreaming dreams. So does the male of the species really need to grow up, my wife often comments she has 3 boys in the house. We just need to remember that Jesus said if we are to enter the Kingdom of Heaven we must see it through the eyes of a child!
Look it up if you don’t believe me [Matthew 18.1-5]
HI Richard
ReplyDeletePleased to see the blog up and running, this post reminds me of a sticker i saw in a car not that long ago (well i say car it was one of those pretend Land rovers, the disco but had ben altered for off roading.) the sticker read "Don't grow up, just get bigger toys!" i liked the sentiment.