Funny facts about turning 30

[N.O.R.F]

1. You leave gigs before the encore to "beat the rush"

 

 

2. You own a lawnmower

 

 

3. You stop dreaming of becoming a professional footballer and start

dreaming of having a son who might instead

 

 

4. Before throwing the local paper away, you look through the property section

 

 

5. You prefer later with Jools Holland to Top of the Pops

 

 

6. All of a sudden, Tony Blair is not 46, he's only 46

 

 

7. Before going out anywhere, you ask what the parking is like

 

 

8. Flicking through Heat magazine makes you too tired to go out

 

 

9. Rather than throw a knackered pair of trainers out, you keep them

because they'll be all right for the garden

 

 

10. You buy your first ever T-shirt without anything written on it

 

 

11. Instead of laughing at the innovations catalogue that falls out of

the newspaper, you suddenly see both the benefit and money saving

properties of a plastic winter cover for your garden bench and an

electronic mole repellent for the lawn. Not to mention the plastic man

for the car to deter would be thieves.

 

 

12. You start to worry about your parents health.

 

 

14. Sure, you have more disposable income, but everything you want to buy costs between £200 and £500

 

 

15. You don't get funny looks when you buy a Disney video or a Wallace and Gromit bubble bath, as the sales assistant assumes they are for your child

 

 

16. Pop music all starts to sound a bit crap

 

 

17. You opt for Pizza Express over Pizza Hut because they don't have

any pictures on the menus and anyway, they do a really nice half-bottle

of house white

 

 

18. You become powerless to resist the lure of self-assembly furniture

 

 

19. You always have enough milk in

 

 

20. To compensate for the fact that you have little desire to go

clubbing, you instead frequent really loud tapas restaurants and

franchise pubs with wacky names in the mistaken belief that you have not turned into your parents

 

 

21. While flicking through the TV channels, you happen upon C4's Time team with Tony Robinson. You get drawn in.

 

 

22. The benefits of a pension scheme become clear.

 

 

23. You go out of your way to pick up a colour chart from B&Q

 

 

24. You wish you had a shed

 

 

25. You have a shed

 

 

26. You actually find yourself saying "They don't make 'em like that

anymore" and "I remember when there were only 3 TV channels" and "Of course, in my day"

 

 

27. Radio 2 play more songs you know than Radio 1 - and Jimmy young has some really interesting guests on, you know

 

 

28. Instead of tutting at old people who take ages to get off the bus,

you tut at school children whose diction is poor

 

 

29. When sitting outside a pub you become envious of their hanging

baskets

 

 

30. You make an effort to be in and out of the curry house by 11

[NGONGE]

Though I abhor lists I have to fully agree with that one. It's a bit old though. Tony Blair is gone. Now the cry of the all the 30 somethings is that Obama is ONLY 47.

 

My footballing son helped me put up a cupboard last night.

 

I wish I had a shed.

[Nephissa]

OMG, the big 3-O! Was it an easy transition? You look way younger, Masha Allah.

 

Happy 30th Birthday.

[N.O.R.F]

^The big 3-0 indeed. Not yet though. I'm starting another fitness regime and dreading next month

[NGONGE]

^^ You're a young man in an old man's body, saaxib. Exactly the opposite of me.

[N.O.R.F]

^LoL

 

I was recently with a family member who must be in his late 40s. The guy runs ever morning and can easily do half a marathon.

 

The age thing won't bother me for long. It's the possibility of 'slowing down' and not running around chasing a ball as fast as I used to. Will try and delay that for longer. I have a rep (within the family) to protect ninyow.

[Jacaylbaro]

Hadaan midh ka fahmay waxa meeshaa ku qoran ,,,,

[NGONGE]

^^ My old man is 67 and still plays football whenever he gets the chance. He's still good too but always fades in the second half. Though I suspect what makes him look good is all those young boys giving him too much respect. I keep telling them to hit him with two footed challanges but they never listen.

[N.O.R.F]

LoL

 

Waar odaygu looks 30!

 

ps you KNOW how old your old man is?

[N.O.R.F]

Originally posted by J.a.c.a.y.l.b.a.r.o:

Hadaan midh ka fahmay waxa meeshaa ku qoran ,,,,

Badownimadii baa lagaa arkay

[Jacaylbaro]

I didn't know the english language can sometimes be a chinese ,,,,

[NGONGE]

Cadan birth certificates are legit, saaxib.

[N.O.R.F]

^Seen

[Paragon]

Originally posted by NGONGE:

^^ My old man is 67 and still plays football whenever he gets the chance. He's still good too but always fades in the second half. Though I suspect what makes him look good is all those young boys giving him too much respect. I keep telling them to hit him with two footed challanges but they never listen.

He's darn hilarious. Saw him some weeks ago grilling Somali nomadism and the needless trekking that goes with it.

 

'They should dig a well or drill a rig!' he forcefully insisted. I tried directing the heated debating to his age and said: 'Adeer, you look a brother to your son, what's the secret?' To which he replied:'waar waliba waa laga sii weyn yahay'. I must admit that I was expecting him to declare the use of Xabad-sowda and honey cocktails does the job but he revealed that he's an active man. Lol. I had to leave him alone to lecture the others lol.

 

Norf, welcome to the club... NGONGE's our chairman ..you know where to pick your application form from .

[Kool_Kat]

Odayaashaa tihiin maxaa dhahaa? Baakoor ma rabtiin?

 

30 is the new 20, haven't you heard?

 

You're a young man in an old man's body, saaxib. Exactly the opposite of me.

 

PS, let's hope Norf doesn't ask why I am grinning?