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The Arrogance of Old Age
Is there a point we reach in life, when we are overtaken by arrogant defence of “The way we’ve always done things”?
2 min readApr 12, 2019
Signs we are getting old
Though not normally a big comedy fan, my favourite comedian of all time is Billy Connolly.
The big yin undoubtedly had a big influence on the way I think.
Many of his clips stuck forever in my memory. A particular one was some of his thoughts characterising old people:
- They never apologise after farting, they just carry on like it never happened.
- They always put their tongue out to meet the spoonful or forkful of food they are about to eat, before putting it in their mouth.
- They always make a loud agonising groan when bending down, sitting down, or standing up.
For me, those are amongst the things I made a mental note I would always try to never, ever do.
