About 40 years ago (I’m the fifth kid and was in my mid 20s), my dad fell off a ladder and had to go to the hospital for X-rays. He put “29” down for his age. Apparently, they looked at him a couple of times but didn’t say anything.
Pastis is just a child. I have a couple of kids older than him. It doesn’t seem possible, but that’s the way it is. My children have gotten older than me. Hahaha!
My Grandmother did that. She started having “anniversaries” of her 39th Bday. When she reached the 39th anniversary of her 39th Bday she said “it was time to admit it, she was old!”
Around age 45 I started cutting my age in half and celebrating two-day birthdays. So this year I’ll celebrate 31 years on Saturday and another 31 years on Sunday.
I started counting backwards from 50. I’m almost down to 24. Actually, though, when you’re 75 and still mentally and physically functional, it’s something to be proud of.
Birthday is the most common math misconception. When you celebrate its recurring the count is always one off, because everybody omits the first birthday. The day you actually are born.
Stephan Thomas Pastis ( / ˈstɛfən ˈpæstɪs /; 2 born January 16, 1968) is an American cartoonist and former lawyer who is the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. He also writes children’s chapter books, commencing with the release of Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made.
So he and I were born in the same year. Somehow I haven’t figured out how to care about my age while he seems to be desperately holding on to his twenties. Yes, I’m sure it’s a joke but there are people like this out there. I’m not sure why they think lying or denying their age changed anything.
BasilBruce over 1 year ago
At least he’s not calling himself “54 years young”; I hate when people do that.
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
Why not make it the 29th anniversary of your 25th birthday?
ronaldspence over 1 year ago
Wow…54 again?
Erse IS better over 1 year ago
Geeze. A veritable babe.
DennisinSeattle Premium Member over 1 year ago
Impkins, so sorry to learn of your loss. My condolences.
gbars70 over 1 year ago
54, doncha think it’s way past time to turn that hat around?
syzygy47 over 1 year ago
I’ll have to use that. I have a b’day coming up this Friday, the 20th. I usually but not always reference the source.
dadoctah over 1 year ago
He’s 22 in hexadecimal.
c001 over 1 year ago
Why is the 29th Birthday the 25th anniversary?
iggyman over 1 year ago
My Grandmother always said she was 29 and 1/2, 29 and 3/4 on a bad day!
The Moose Group over 1 year ago
Hey, he stole my line. I’ve been celebrating anniversaries of my 21st birthday for many years.
_lounger_ over 1 year ago
well, happy birthday
hariseldon59 over 1 year ago
Reminds me of Jack Benny, who was ‘forever 39’ after his 39th birthday.
Zoturdley Premium Member over 1 year ago
Ronald Reagan told the press corps that he was celebrating the 36th anniversary of his 39th birthday. It was a funny joke then and still is now.
Purple People Eater over 1 year ago
This March will be the 50th aniversary of my 15th birthday.
cdward over 1 year ago
About 40 years ago (I’m the fifth kid and was in my mid 20s), my dad fell off a ladder and had to go to the hospital for X-rays. He put “29” down for his age. Apparently, they looked at him a couple of times but didn’t say anything.
zerotvus over 1 year ago
29 again? are you ever going to get it right????
drycurt over 1 year ago
I tell people I’m in my 40’s. I’m now forty-twenty-six.
monya_43 over 1 year ago
Pastis is just a child. I have a couple of kids older than him. It doesn’t seem possible, but that’s the way it is. My children have gotten older than me. Hahaha!
wirepunchr over 1 year ago
Next thing he’ll say is he’s 5’ 19".
becida over 1 year ago
I like that! I’ll celebrate the 40th anniversary of my 30th birthday!
Ellis97 over 1 year ago
I want to make my fortune in creative media before I’m thirty.
Mentor397 over 1 year ago
Weird. Last year was the 32nd anniversary of my fifteenth birthday.
bowling_255 over 1 year ago
This year is the 1st anniversary of my 39th birthday.
TMMILLER Premium Member over 1 year ago
My Grandmother did that. She started having “anniversaries” of her 39th Bday. When she reached the 39th anniversary of her 39th Bday she said “it was time to admit it, she was old!”
aerotica69 over 1 year ago
Around age 45 I started cutting my age in half and celebrating two-day birthdays. So this year I’ll celebrate 31 years on Saturday and another 31 years on Sunday.
uniquename over 1 year ago
I wish it was the 25th anniversary of my 29th birthday.
ladykat over 1 year ago
I’m 68 years old. I gave up on 29th birthdays when I hit 40.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Happy Birthday‼️
Goat from PBS over 1 year ago
Happy birthday, Stephan!
Queen of America over 1 year ago
The best ten years of my life were between 29 and 30. (Thank you, Jack Benny)
Jack12one over 1 year ago
Yeah, me too. After all, I’m 81 years young.
Cadi Fuhler over 1 year ago
One more year and you’ll start getting some senior discounts.
David_the_CAD over 1 year ago
I used to be like that. I would say 29 is about the right age, old enough to know better, young enough not to care.
Now I have grown to accept my age (57), even if is shocks me sometimes that I have made it this far.
bagholder5150 over 1 year ago
Car 54 where are you ?
Bruce388 over 1 year ago
Stopped at a motel and the young woman at the counter gave me the senior discount WITHOUT ASKING. 12 years ago.
awcoffman over 1 year ago
I started counting backwards from 50. I’m almost down to 24. Actually, though, when you’re 75 and still mentally and physically functional, it’s something to be proud of.
KEA over 1 year ago
I’m 26921… days old,
unfair.de over 1 year ago
Birthday is the most common math misconception. When you celebrate its recurring the count is always one off, because everybody omits the first birthday. The day you actually are born.
cupertino jay over 1 year ago
> Stephan Pastis – Wikipedia
Stephan Thomas Pastis ( / ˈstɛfən ˈpæstɪs /; 2 born January 16, 1968) is an American cartoonist and former lawyer who is the creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine. He also writes children’s chapter books, commencing with the release of Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made.
txmystic over 1 year ago
This is why I have switched to hexadecimal to state my age…
dlaemmerhirt999 over 1 year ago
Stephen’s . . . IN HIS 50s?!? Holy cow that’s bad! Earth NEEDS him around for ANOTHER fifty AT LEAST!!!
Rich_Pa over 1 year ago
Happy birthday Stephan.
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Sorry,Pastis.Jack Benny cornered the market on that one.And without a pot belly
MarshaOstroff over 1 year ago
I like the way that Stephan enjoys making fun of himself. And by the way, ¡Feliz cumpleaños!
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Does Pastis plan to play Las Vegas when he’s 100?
zeexenon over 1 year ago
My co-workers reversed this to say it’s the 25th anniversary for 29 more years till retirement.
Charlie Tuba over 1 year ago
This year will be the 38th anniversary of my 29th birthday.
delennwen over 1 year ago
That’s weird. Pastis is 55 today, not 54.
And So It Goes over 1 year ago
I smell a Rat. Today’s comic makes Stephan 54, when he celebrated his 55th last August.
DaBump Premium Member over 1 year ago
Pretty soon you’ll join us double-thirty-somethings.
Papa2Dawg Premium Member over 1 year ago
“54”? Man you look older than that
T... over 1 year ago
That would make him 725 years old – Account material,…
dcp9142 over 1 year ago
Just 12.2 Centigrade
ez173 over 1 year ago
Happy Birthday Stephan!!!
knight1192a over 1 year ago
Wait, is this for real? If so, I didn’t realize I was that close in age to Pastis.
pamela welch Premium Member over 1 year ago
Happy Birthday Stephan!
Seed_drill over 1 year ago
Pastis would hate me. When I was in my 30’s I wasn’t that far removed from him, physically. Now, at 54, I’m far more Jef.
eladee AKA Wally over 1 year ago
Happy Birthday Steph! I mean, Happy Anniversary!!!!
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
Only my grandmother and Jack Benny could get away with gag.
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
You say, “25th of 29”?
I say, Lookie, everyone! Cartoon-Boy is frickin’ fifty-four years old! Geezer!
Happy birthday, I guess….
daking27 over 1 year ago
Growing older but not up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZONbvFSLU
Pony99CA over 1 year ago
I just hope Stephan isn’t Pastis prime.
onespiceybbw over 1 year ago
Twenty-nine with twenty-five years experience.
rogthedodge1 over 1 year ago
Birthdays are good for you — the more you have the longer you live.
franki_g over 1 year ago
Birthdays celebrate the fact you were born, not the years since.
It’s not Age-day.
And I came up with this BEFORE I started getting deluged with Medicare supplement junk mail.
Nobody_Important over 1 year ago
So he and I were born in the same year. Somehow I haven’t figured out how to care about my age while he seems to be desperately holding on to his twenties. Yes, I’m sure it’s a joke but there are people like this out there. I’m not sure why they think lying or denying their age changed anything.
mjm.nobody over 1 year ago
I just say I’m “Plenty-nine.”
Moh'slifelife over 1 year ago
my birthday as well. we share the same birthday
Swirls Before Pine over 1 year ago
I’ve been celebrating my 1st birthday for 64 years straight.
PAR85 over 1 year ago
I’m about to have my41st.