I haven’t lost all my hair (yet) but much of it has moved to very unpleasent new places such as my eyebrows, nose, ears, and other body parts I’d rather not mention.
On the lighter side: Two people run into each other at the supermarket. One says, "Hey, I remember you from high school! The other one says, “Oh? What did you teach?”
Whine whine whine. My wife patiently waited forty years for me to develop grey hair. She absolutely adored my father’s silver locks and wanted me to produce the same.
The interesting panel is “reflexively arranging my face so it’s somehow acceptable” when he looks in the mirror. I think that’s accurate. Maybe it’s a built-in safety mechanism so we can live with our appearance even if vanity might dictate some distress otherwise. I have always wondered whether Abe Lincoln, called “an ape” and “ugly” his entire life (then “old and ugly” by the time he was 50), ever looked in the mirror and thought “I look OK to me.” Actually, he was once posing at a studio and watched over the photographer’s shoulder while the photo developed. As the new image finally emerged, the president said aloud “well there he is — the animal himself.”
BE THIS GUY almost 5 years ago
Self-pity is so attractive.
pschearer Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Wiry eyebrows were the biggest surprise to me.
TexTech almost 5 years ago
I haven’t lost all my hair (yet) but much of it has moved to very unpleasent new places such as my eyebrows, nose, ears, and other body parts I’d rather not mention.
okieburd almost 5 years ago
Watcher almost 5 years ago
And you forgot, no morning wood.
Ravenswing almost 5 years ago
Mm, I look in the mirror and think “Damn, you look old!” but with my sixtieth birthday in a couple weeks, I am old!
DennisinSeattle Premium Member almost 5 years ago
You’ve still got that perky nose, Mike.
Zykoic almost 5 years ago
There is a proto-humanoid on my mirror and he looks confused.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I’m a young person trapped in an older person’s body.
Yontrop almost 5 years ago
I’m not going to take part in this conversation.
DaBoogadie almost 5 years ago
Still breathing…for no apparent reason.
donwalter almost 5 years ago
HEY!! You’ve still got the hot trophy bit going…hold your head high. Besides…if you do, it helps take the wrinkles out of the neck…
zenguyuno almost 5 years ago
Me too! (and I’m older than Mike)
Masterskrain almost 5 years ago
Remember, it ain’t the years that count, it’s the mileage!
ChristineMurphy almost 5 years ago
Oh, Gary, you’ve ruined my Sunday.
bbbmorrell almost 5 years ago
Photos actually scare me. I took up photography just so I would be behind the camera.
nosirrom almost 5 years ago
having the mind of a 16 year old in a senior’s body is cause for many a disappointment.
I wish I could, I wish I could, I wish I could……
For a Just and Peaceful World almost 5 years ago
You are still sharing the same bed so just think of yourself as Mr. Mighty Stalion.
hrhitter almost 5 years ago
Still sharp as a tack….for your age.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I was fine until I saw my ID photo. When did I turn into Skeletor? Sheesh!
bakana almost 5 years ago
And She’s even Sharper.
Asian women do not like to Lie to Family Members.
Patinphx Premium Member almost 5 years ago
You are forever young in heart and mind. Worry not about appearance. We are too obsessed with our own decrepitude to notice yours!
Kip W almost 5 years ago
Been there. The saving grace is that nobody actually cares how I look.
JayNault almost 5 years ago
Thank God – a Sunday without Trump-bashing.
Eric S almost 5 years ago
Grumpy chin says “GET OFF MY LAWN!”
montessoriteacher almost 5 years ago
Can’t wait until we get back to the topic of the political mess we have in the WH, but this was a decent toon.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member almost 5 years ago
This Friday will be the fourth memorial I’ve been to this year for friends around my age. Sobering.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member almost 5 years ago
On the lighter side: Two people run into each other at the supermarket. One says, "Hey, I remember you from high school! The other one says, “Oh? What did you teach?”
Dean almost 5 years ago
Often startled by very shiny windows at the correct angle.
comixbomix almost 5 years ago
I can’t figure out how Mike is privy to my darkest thoughts…and my wife’s most devious tricks.
The Brooklyn Accent almost 5 years ago
“Sunken eyes”? Hasn’t Trudeau always drawn all his characters (except children and Boopsie) with sunken eyes?
kozmikgal almost 5 years ago
Some of us wish we still had eyebrows!
michaeljwolff almost 5 years ago
Whine whine whine. My wife patiently waited forty years for me to develop grey hair. She absolutely adored my father’s silver locks and wanted me to produce the same.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member almost 5 years ago
So THAT’s how the mirror versus photograph thing works!
CaseyNova almost 5 years ago
The interesting panel is “reflexively arranging my face so it’s somehow acceptable” when he looks in the mirror. I think that’s accurate. Maybe it’s a built-in safety mechanism so we can live with our appearance even if vanity might dictate some distress otherwise. I have always wondered whether Abe Lincoln, called “an ape” and “ugly” his entire life (then “old and ugly” by the time he was 50), ever looked in the mirror and thought “I look OK to me.” Actually, he was once posing at a studio and watched over the photographer’s shoulder while the photo developed. As the new image finally emerged, the president said aloud “well there he is — the animal himself.”
edonline almost 5 years ago
Don’t worry, Mike. I’m sure there’s a few people who consider you a DILF**
**Doonesbury I’d Like to F—-
TerryBardy almost 5 years ago
As the late Marilyn Monroe once said, “Gravity catches up with all of us.”
M2MM almost 5 years ago
It’s the loose skin around/over my eyes that makes me look senior, that and my neck. And yet, I don’t feel all that old. :P