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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    10/20/09

    In reply to Will Modern Love: The Romantic Comedy Save the New York Times?
    No gays = Dead. And deservedly so. #newyorktimes
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    10/20/09

    In reply to Will Modern Love: The Romantic Comedy Save the New York Times?
    So, the Modern Love movie will be a cross between Miss Lonelyhearts and You've Got Mail? #newyorktimes
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    Image of thatgirlinnewyork thatgirlinnewyork
    10/20/09

    In reply to Will Modern Love: The Romantic Comedy Save the New York Times?
    none of the columns in modern love is worthy of a feature-length film--individually or collectively...a lifetime movie, perhaps, but really, they're in column form for a reason. #newyorktimes
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    07/12/09

    In reply to Modern Love Investigation: Do Old People, Like, Do It?
    Uncle Billy's Stale Anecdotes, Part the II'nd: I had a urologist friend whose license plate was "PP MD". He was in the national guard and was called up during the Gulf War. He loaded his lithotripsy machine onto a giant cargo plane and then somehow got stuck in iceland with the equipment for the duration of the conflict. He was also part of the reason that old people were having more and more sex. He would insert little squeeze-balls in the scrotum that would let people pump up their own erections.
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    Image of Pinekatz Pinekatz
    07/12/09

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: I've seen these miracles on x-rays. I'm sure they greatly enhance the lives of all involved and mazel tov to them. Life is short, enjoy it.



    Howfuckingever, I have also seen wine bottles up the asses of adventurerers (on x-ray) that proved to be less successful. Do NOT try to surgically insert your own enhancements. Mull over the word "colostomy" and act accordingly.



    Your friend is a hero for trying to go into a war zone and tend to the sick. I worked with an orthopedist back then who was OLD! He must have been in his late 60s. Nat'l Guard. He went, too. If it had been a war on the ground, I'm afraid he would have seen his share of work. I don't know that he did.
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    Image of God God
    07/12/09

    In reply to Modern Love Investigation: Do Old People, Like, Do It?
    And remember, old people masturbate way more than young people. I'm super old. So I would know. Also the amount of masturbation increases in proportion to your age. I am typing this with my divine light because my hands are otherwise occupied.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/12/09

    @God: I'm elevating you, Lord. Can I get those Miu Miu shoes I tried on last week?
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    Image of Pinekatz Pinekatz
    07/12/09

    @God: Bookish promoted and I concur. Good.
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    Image of God God
    07/12/09

    @BookishLookish: Verily, thou hast my full permission to put the footwear on thy credit card.
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    07/12/09

    In reply to Modern Love Investigation: Do Old People, Like, Do It?
    This article, much like the old people it covers, answers a question no one is asking.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/12/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: Much like your nom de Gawker.
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    07/12/09

    In reply to Modern Love Investigation: Do Old People, Like, Do It?
    If they're sharing the same urologist, I hope they're using protection. Old people or not, let's be safe.
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    Image of Dot Dot
    07/12/09

    @Lizawithazee: Older adults have one of the fastest growing rates of STDs. Some nursing homes now have condoms available for their residents. Wrap the wrinkly!
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    07/12/09

    @Dot: Ha, I was joking, but I do remember one of my friends' mothers talking about the hot new old guy that showed up at the nursing home charming the elastic waist stretch pants off the widows. Word quickly spread that he had "the clap." She didn't specify which type, and she claimed, of course, that she hadn't been "victimized."
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    Image of Dot Dot
    07/12/09

    In reply to Modern Love Investigation: Do Old People, Like, Do It?
    They do, indeed, do it. I teach a Human Sexuality class, and the students are far more disturbed by older people being sexually active than the most bizarre sexual fetishes.



    Information: Some people get off by rolling around in raw ground beef. Student reaction: mild bemusement.



    Information: 40% of those over age 85 are sexually active. Student reaction: Loud and fearful discussions. This year one student jumped to his feet and screamed, "OH HELL NO!".



    Youth oriented society, indeed!
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    07/12/09

    @Dot: Tell the little punk that he should thank his lucky stars if he ever gets to a point where elderly sex is a possibility.
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    Image of Dot Dot
    07/12/09

    @Claire Buoyant: Roight! I did tell him there were 4 older women for every man, so if he could just hold on, he might actually get some.
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    Image of anyonecanwhistle anyonecanwhistle
    07/12/09

    In reply to Modern Love Investigation: Do Old People, Like, Do It?
    my grandmother is 87 and she just got married. we don't dare ask, and it was all really sudden, but she says it's just "for companionship".
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    Image of Dot Dot
    07/12/09

    @anyonecanwhistle: She's boinking him.
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    Image of anyonecanwhistle anyonecanwhistle
    07/12/09

    @Dot: Oh, and he is younger than she is!
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/12/09

    She's totes straddling. @anyonecanwhistle:
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    Image of Pinekatz Pinekatz
    07/12/09

    In reply to Modern Love Investigation: Do Old People, Like, Do It?
    Wait, what? Grandma goes to a urologist? Why for? Nevermind, no matter what it is, it isn't good news and it probably hurts like giving birth to a kidney stone.



    "At home," she said tearfully, "we always cuddle close together and hug each other while we sleep. Without him, I just can’t get warm."



    This is just as tender and sweet as anything can be. We should all be lucky enough to get there with someone we can't live without.



    Aspire to it.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    07/12/09

    @Pinekatz: I know. I kind of teared up a wee bit when reading that.
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    Image of Dot Dot
    07/12/09

    @Pinekatz: Yeah, very sweet. I hope someone wants to cuddle with me when I'm 85.
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    Image of Pinekatz Pinekatz
    07/12/09

    @Dot: Well monkey-fuck him/her for a couple of decades first, then I'm sure. Spooning is in your future. :-)
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    07/12/09

    @Pinekatz: And isn't it just crazy that we talk about having sex for decades before we are octogenarians? 500 years ago, all of our life spans were less than mine now (40's). It must have been so easy then. No divorce or marital discord (died). No dying old and alone (died before then). Our kids didn't have to picture anything horrible (we were dead and they would be shortly). Its so complicated now. Thankfully.
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    Image of Dot Dot
    07/14/09

    @Pinekatz: Pinekatz is wise.
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    Image of minou minou
    07/12/09

    In reply to Modern Love Investigation: Do Old People, Like, Do It?
    Once you get to be my age, "old people fucking" = your parents. Uncomfortable? A little.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/12/09

    @minou: The day I found the older/younger lesbian porn in my husband's sock drawer, I was all, "Phew, I'm going to keep getting laid."
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    Image of Dot Dot
    07/12/09

    @minou: I try to get my students to imagine Susan Sarandon and Harrison Ford, instead of their parents/grandparents, so they can think about older adult sex rationally. It doesn't work, at all.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    07/12/09

    @Dot: hearted for that
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    Image of Dot Dot
    07/12/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: awwww, thanks
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    Image of momof3wildkids momof3wildkids
    07/12/09

    @Dot: Susan Sarandon? This should help their imagination.
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    Image of minou minou
    07/12/09

    @BookishLookish: And "elder sex" will be my demographic soon enough, I suppose. It's a small consolation to know that things can't get much worse.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    06/03/09

    In reply to Mrs. Santorum Is a Very Lucky Woman
    compare and contrast:


    santorums / obamas


    bushes / obamas


    obamas ftw


    bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mrs. Santorum Is a Very Lucky Woman
    So what was the carbon footprint for this date?
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    Image of Gunsetpark Gunsetpark
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mrs. Santorum Is a Very Lucky Woman
    You know what? Isn't it nice when two insane people with no sense of self control get married? Feel bad for those kids.
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    06/02/09

    @Gunsetpark: Which people would you be talking about?
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    Image of happymisanthrope happymisanthrope
    06/02/09

    In reply to Mrs. Santorum Is a Very Lucky Woman
    Obviously, they should have taken the Fung Wah bus.
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