omgwtf!

My last post involved a piece of prose attributed to Andy Rooney, singing the praises of older women. Because it was so unlike him, I was pretty surprised that he’d write something like that, and so he was incredibly sexy to me. That is, until about five minutes ago, when the lovely and talented Mu sent me the following gmail:

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I thought this entry from the Urban Legends Reference Pages at snopes.com might interest you:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney2.asp

this article summarizes it, but i’ve found other evidence to support its conclusions. didn’t sound right to me. sorry, thought you should know

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Politics (In Praise of Older Women)

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This makes much more sense to me, since Andy Rooney never really struck me as the sort of bloke who would have enough intelligence to say the things that were said in praise of “older women,” as mentioned in my previous post. So, in light of this new and much more in-character information, he has been relegated back to his previous status of ugly White man (but at least he’s honest, and you cant really say that about many people these days, can you?).

The real author of this piece is a gentleman by the name of Frank Kaiser, and his piece, “Women over 40: Why Older Chicks Rule” is a good piece and true, regardless. What’s amusing is that Frank is often described as the “Andy Rooney of the Internet,” which may be where the whole mistaken author thing came in in the first place. Frank is a dude who runs a website for older folks, wears a hat that says “Geezer,” and writes articles like “When Will AARP Grow Some Balls?” He’s now incredibly sexy to me, especially after perusing his Suddenly Senior website. I sense a kindred spirit there.

I’ll have to spend more time browsing his rather large site, but at least on the surface he seems like a pretty cool, raunchy older dude who is intent on flipping the bird at old age. I cant help but admire that. There’s no reason to ever be old, regardless of how long you live. Plus, judging from the number of sex articles on the site, he’s a right horny old pervert. :beat: I especially enjoyed this article.

I’m happy and delighted to stand corrected on this count and give proper credit where credit is due. After all, it’s not very encouraging seeing something you wrote become popular and then not only be attributed to someone else, but then to realize that that person doesnt actually even believe in the sentiments of what you wrote. The best you can say about Andy Rooney in this case is that he never accepted the credit for it. He might be a cock, but he’s an honest cock. And he does have some good stuff to say. He always amused me. He has a wonderful ability to turn a phrase.

Nevertheless, Perhaps Mr Rooney might want to ask himself why he doesnt particularly admire women over a certain age. I can only assume that rejection hits him particularly hard.

Thanks for the update, Mu!