The other day Andy was having a fine day thinking up new ideas with John. After they said goodbye, he went into the grocery store. He picked up dinner for that night and noticed a $2.45 discount on the end of his receipt. “What’s this for?” he asks the cashier, pleasantly surprised. She answered, “You get 3 cents off for bringing your own bag and $2.42 off for our senior discount.” Andy said, “But I’m only 26.” To which she gave a good, hearty laugh as if it were the funniest thing she’d heard. But that wasn’t all. That same night his wife and daughter met for dinner in NYC. Ali, his daughter, was a couple minutes late. When she asked for her mom, Joanie, who had already been seated, the hostess said, “Are you with the mature woman?” No shit. Mature woman. Funny but ouch. So here’s Andy’s suggestion to clerks everywhere: If the customer ASKS for a senior discount, then by all means give them the damn discount. But, if the customer doesn’t ask for the discount, don’t offer the freakin’ discount. Maybe it’s worth the extra $2.00 at the movie theater or even the grocery store to have the clerk NOT assume you’re old. And maybe the hostess could have said, are you with the woman with the black dress? Just making a point here.

Which brings us to our first comic today. John read that although your bones stop growing around puberty (of course there are exceptions and people experience growth spurts later) your nose and ears continue to grow. After laughing at that thought, we both blurted out simultaneously, “Well, at least we have that to look forward to.” And comic #1 was born.

As you scroll down you’ll see our second comic, which deals with Sam’s new wife, Shellie. We introduced the idea of her, as opposed to the actual her. A mutual friend told us about a guy in his 60’s who married a woman in her 30’s and now has a 2 year old. We will play out that situation over the next month or so. We wondered, what would Rachel and Joanne (married to Marv and Al) think about Shellie? Would they resent her for being 38? Would they miss Sam’s first wife and be loyal to her? What the hell would they talk about? The possibilities are endless and we intend to mine them.

One final thought: Just remember as the days and years tick on, we’re not getting old. Just a little old-er. Okay?

Andy and John