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[bodytext] => I went out for lunch, which I occasionally do on a whim The restaurant was packed and while I decided whether to stay An elderly man sitting alone asked if I sit and join him Saying if I did I could help him to celebrate his 93 birthday So I sat down congratulating him and marveled at his health for his age He thanked me but said he thought congratulations were completely wrong He couldn’t understand why congratulate him for living so very very long Thinking about that left me speechless so we sat and ate in silence Finally I said “you’ve had some times and have some great stories I bet” “I have” he said and with a sly silly grin said “So how much older should I try then to get” Feeling like I’d said all the wrong things I decided to keep to my self. He finished his meal then got up to leave I quickly offered to pay He politely refused grabbed the bill and left I said “ happy birthday anyway” He turned and said with a nod and a grin As he looked at me over his shoulder “Imagine how much grander today would have been if I gotten a year younger and not older” [comments] => 1 [counter] => 224 [topic] => 10 [informant] => McChud [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => BirthdayPoems )
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