Category: falling apart

  • gumby

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    The hardest thing about growing old, or at least the stage of growing old that takes place in one’s 50s, is bending over. I think I can say that in all confidence. Lots of other things suck, too: eyesight’s getting fuzzy, hearing’s going bad, can’t remember the word I want to use, my nostrils are Read.

  • crowned

    I have only ever heard old people talk about their crowns. I am about to talk about my crown. Ergo, I am now an old people. One of my molars was giving me twinges when I bit down on it and had become super-sensitive to temperature. Worried that it might be infected, I went to Read.

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