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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2009 22:00:39 GMT
Your don't think men go through it? According to this article they very much do! autos.ca.msn.com/editors-picks/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=22573966The rite of passage that most men undergo upon transitioning to their 40s is often accompanied by some rather telling symptoms: mood swings, career changes, irrational behavior and often the purchase of exorbitant and impractical carsNo, we are condemning the combover (or toupée-wearing) males who simply cannot age with dignity and buy a sedan, SUV or a minivan like anyone else in their right mind would at that age.
Really, despite the fact that it so crudely advertises your financial assets, buying a mid-life crisis car brings into question whether you have any other assets so to speak.I wonder what they mean by 'other assets? Man, going by this, I think there must be more middle-aged men going through some kind of crises then we realize. |
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Post by fumobici on Nov 17, 2009 3:34:39 GMT
American divorcées used to drive red Alfa Romeo convertibles with their settlement money. I don't think they sell those anymore in the US, so it's probably something boring like a Lexus or Mercedes coupé now.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2009 6:03:27 GMT
Still no car...
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Post by bjd on Nov 17, 2009 8:54:53 GMT
Maybe you're a late bloomer, Kerouac?
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Post by lagatta on Nov 17, 2009 13:24:05 GMT
No, he lives a few metres from a métro station (Moi aussi).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2009 13:40:55 GMT
But shouldn't my raging manhood make me want to take over the entire metro train?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2009 19:23:57 GMT
You funny guy.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2009 22:35:49 GMT
I had a garden client who hit age 60,dyed his hair blonde and bought a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Fortunately,his mother who was also a client gave me a heads up. I think I would have rolled over laughing when I saw him had I not known ahead of time. As it was,I had to bury my head in the hydrangeas when he came out of the house. He looked positively ridiculous. He also started wearing some kind of amulet on a leather strand around his neck.
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Post by imec on Nov 17, 2009 22:51:49 GMT
There are few things more pathetic than architects, lawyers and dentists trying to look like 1%ers. Bike rallies like the one at Sturgis are crawling with them - hilarious.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2009 23:00:06 GMT
I wonder if some of these men realize just how ridiculous the look?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2009 0:31:21 GMT
There are few things more pathetic than architects, lawyers and dentists trying to look like 1%ers. Bike rallies like the one at Sturgis are crawling with them - hilarious. This guy was a pediatric surgeon.I kept thinking about the reaction of his patients and their parents when they saw his "transformation". |
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Post by hwinpp on Nov 18, 2009 10:03:43 GMT
Are you all going to start laughing when I buy my Porsche in 5 years time?
;D ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2009 10:18:07 GMT
Yes. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2009 12:58:47 GMT
Are you all going to start laughing when I buy my Porsche in 5 years time? ;D ;D ;D As long as you don't go blonde on us  |
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Post by lagatta on Nov 19, 2009 0:48:01 GMT
Aww, that would just be his German side coming through.
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Post by fumobici on Nov 19, 2009 3:06:15 GMT
Men are better served NOT being blond. Trust me |
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Post by lagatta on Nov 19, 2009 3:18:30 GMT
Even if they are naturally so? And why on earth not?
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Post by fumobici on Nov 19, 2009 7:55:07 GMT
The consensus seems to be that darker men are more attractive and face it, blonds' reputation for less than stellar intellectual depth may contain an element of truth ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2009 14:53:22 GMT
Is that inside information, fumobici?
I feel a blond joke coming on...(dare I)
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Post by traveler63 on Nov 20, 2009 13:30:00 GMT
Growing up in Southern California in the late 50's 60's, blond men were a dime a dozen and they were all surfer dudes!!! Nice bodies, no brains. It kind of made me cynical about blond men. Dark haired men are generally more attractive to me. When I see blond I think (even to this day) "surfer dude".  Not that surfing isn't fun!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2009 22:06:37 GMT
Yes,either surfer dudes OR what my friend and I refer to as "squeaky clean". You know the type.
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Post by fumobici on Nov 21, 2009 0:33:23 GMT
Blonde gets pulled over for speeding and the lady cop, who is also blonde, asks to see her license. The driver rummages and rummages through her purse looking confused, so the cop helpfully offers that it's the little rectangular thing with her picture on it. The driver pulls out a little make-up mirror looks at it for a moment then triumphantly hands it to the officer. The blonde cop looks at the make-up mirror for a moment and says, "Heck, if I'd known you were a cop I woouldn't have pulled you over!"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2009 4:45:54 GMT
I've heard that one before, still a good one though. ;D
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