Fifteen hilarious tweets about getting old that everybody can relate to

Like most of us, actor Hugh Laurie isn't a big fan of this getting old business. Photo / Getty Images

How many times a day do you say "I'm too old for this"? Even if you don't say it often, you know you do think it.

Getting old has a number of downsides but, depending on how you look at it, it also has a number of amazing advantages.

Today, let's look on the bright side (figuratively only, as we wouldn't want to risk getting a crick in the old neck).

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Hey guys, remember when you could still refer to your knees as right and left instead of good and bad? Good times.

— Mmmkay? (@missekay) April 7, 2013

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I thought I was just really tired but it's been 5 years so I guess this is how I look now.

— Amy Dillon (@amydillon) September 11, 2014

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You know you're getting old when you watch Home Alone and wonder how much their mortgage is! 😯 pic.twitter.com/6iCeykHQrH

— Tony Shepherd (@tonysheps) December 10, 2015

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I don't want to say I'm getting old, but I just threw my back out throwing my shoulder out.

— Patrick Walsh (@thepatrickwalsh) January 24, 2014

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My daughter just asked why we say "hang up" the phone and now I feel 90.

— Jason English (@EnglishJason) June 2, 2015

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I'm so old, I can remember getting through an entire day without taking a picture of anything.

— FunnyOneLiners (@Funnyoneliners) May 25, 2015

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I am "if I have a hand stamp on the weekend it's from a children's museum" years old.

— Ken Jennings (@KenJennings) December 4, 2016

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Life is just a slow transition of identifying with different increasingly older characters in Dirty Dancing.

— maura quint (@behindyourback) February 12, 2016

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Ever since I turned 50, reading has become horribly similar to filling a bath with the plug out.

— Hugh Laurie (@hughlaurie) January 11, 2015

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One way to find out if you're old is to fall down in front of a group of people. If they laugh, you're young, if they panic, you're old.

— sharon Daly (@sharniist) March 13, 2017

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I know I'm getting old because I just saw a group of hot chicks in bikinis and my first thought was "I hope they're wearing sunblock."

— Stephanie McMaster (@Smethanie) June 23, 2013