A terrifying factoid for our older members

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The thread discusses the age of Yoko Ono and the feelings it evokes among participants, touching on nostalgia, generational differences, and cultural references related to music and historical figures. The conversation includes humor and personal reflections on aging, as well as playful banter about the Beatles and their legacy.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express surprise and sadness at Yoko Ono's age, with emotional reactions such as crying emojis.
  • Others reflect on their own ages and how they feel about aging, with humorous suggestions about future life choices.
  • There are playful exchanges about the cultural significance of Yoko Ono and her relationship with John Lennon, with some questioning her artistic contributions.
  • Several participants engage in a lighthearted debate about the meaning of "fact" versus "factoid," with varying definitions proposed.
  • Some participants reference Beatles songs and lyrics, discussing their interpretations and connections to the current conversation.
  • There are humorous remarks about aging and the implications of being older, including references to needing assistance in old age.
  • One participant humorously suggests that the age difference between Yoko Ono and John Lennon remains significant, even after many years.
  • Discussions about the Beatles' breakup timeline and the ages of their children are also raised, with some uncertainty expressed about specific dates.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share a sense of nostalgia and humor regarding aging and cultural references, but there are multiple competing views on Yoko Ono's artistic legacy and the implications of her age. The discussion remains unresolved on several points, particularly regarding the definitions of "fact" and "factoid."

Contextual Notes

Some statements reflect personal opinions and humor rather than established facts, and there is a playful ambiguity in the definitions of terms discussed. The conversation includes speculative elements about historical figures and their relationships.

  • #31
Ivan Seeking said:
Yes, that seems to be true, then and now.
Even if he'd lived to get older, she'd still be older than him.
 
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  • #32
tribdog said:
no. when did the beatles break up? 69-70-71? somewhere around then
Yes, exactly. Vaguely around then, At some point. Just about certainly.
 
  • #33
zoobyshoe said:
Even if he'd lived to get older, she'd still be older than him.

And even if not. But then, were he to and she not, then still?
 
  • #34
Ivan Seeking said:
And even if not. But then, were he to and she not, then still?
I think that if he hadn't died he'd still be alive. What I mean by that is that the probabilities of him living to see the year 2005 were greatly reduced by his 1980 death.
 
  • #35
Ivan Seeking said:
Yoko Ono is 72. :cry: :cry: :cry:

That's about 72 years too many. Number nine my ***.
 
  • #36
SpaceTiger said:
That's about 72 years too many. Number nine my ***.

Its scary! :cry: :cry: :cry:

What's most scary is that Lennon has been dead for over twenty years now.

It seems like only yesterday that we were smoking the hookah pipe and playing our mandolins by the soft red glow of a lava lamp.
 
  • #37
zoobyshoe said:
I think that if he hadn't died he'd still be alive. What I mean by that is that the probabilities of him living to see the year 2005 were greatly reduced by his 1980 death.

I don't think I can agree with that one.

Need I mention the White Album?

hint: mublA etihW ehT
 
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  • #38
Ivan Seeking said:
mublA etihW ehT
You weren't satisfied with the normal infirmities of old-age? Now you're going dislexic too?
 
  • #39
Danger said:
You weren't satisfied with the normal infirmities of old-age? Now you're going dislexic too?

I'm sorry, have we been introduced?
 
  • #40
Ivan Seeking said:
hint: mublA etihW ehT
.booj ag oog ooG. LUAP saw surlaw ehT
 
  • #41
"No you're not," said little Nicola

I never really got that one.
 
  • #42
AngelShare said:
*Wonders who Yoko Ono is*
Must not be old enough to know.:-p :rolleyes:

How can you not know?

"Be my Yoko Ono" is such a great song. If that can't get you laid, nothing can.
 
  • #43
zoobyshoe said:
.booj ag oog ooG. LUAP saw surlaw ehT

how could Paul be the walrus, didn't Lennon say "I am the Walrus" ? At least, that's what I learned on The Big Lebowski. Then again, Donny was out of his element 'cause they were talking about Lenin...
 
  • #44
I'm almost positive the Walrus was Ringo.
 
  • #45
devloser eb xodarap eht nac won ylno

sdrawkcab gnipyt I ma yhw

pleh
 
  • #46
Jonny_trigonometry said:
how could Paul be the walrus, didn't Lennon say "I am the Walrus" ? At least, that's what I learned on The Big Lebowski. Then again, Donny was out of his element 'cause they were talking about Lenin...


Yeah, John lennon was the walrus. Just ask ferris bueler.
 
  • #47
Jonny_trigonometry said:
how could Paul be the walrus, didn't Lennon say "I am the Walrus" ?

But in "Glass Onion", he also said, "The walrus was Paul". Clearly, Paul is the walrus, George is the Taxman, Ringo lives with octopi, and John is a pot-smoking FBI agent. If we were to go just by the song, "I Am Walrus", then John would be both the walrus and the eggman...and that would just be silly.
 
  • #48
Jonny_trigonometry said:
At least, that's what I learned on The Big Lebowski. Then again, Donny was out of his element 'cause they were talking about Lenin...
Lenin left many secret papers in which Stalin was referred to as "The Walrus", due, I suppose, to his large moustache.
 
  • #49
Ivan Seeking said:
pleh

.ydobemos deen I

.ydobyna tsuj toN

.enoemos deen I wonk ouY

Paul was in concert down the road last night (Anaheim). The concert was beamed to the space station. Groovy stuff.
 
  • #50
zoobyshoe said:
Lenin left many secret papers in which Stalin was referred to as "The Walrus", due, I suppose, to his large moustache.

So Stalin was The Walrus. :approve:

Who was Marx? Oh yes, Captain Spalding, aka The Duck.
 
  • #51
pattylou said:
.ydobemos deen I
.ydobyna tsuj toN
.enoemos deen I wonk ouY

PLEH

The concert was beamed to the space station.

It must have gotten rather cramped.
 
  • #52
Ivan Seeking said:
It must have gotten rather cramped.
BOOOOO! you are better than that
 
  • #53
tribdog said:
BOOOOO! you are better than that
No he isn't. You obviously haven't read enough of his jokes yet to realize this. :smile:
 
  • #54
What about the duck? :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
  • #55
tribdog said:
BOOOOO! you are better than that

This from the guy who entertains himself with sticky toilet seats?
 
  • #56
Ivan Seeking said:
This from the guy who entertains himself with sticky toilet seats?
it's expected of me. we all respect you though.
 
  • #57
tribdog said:
it's expected of me. we all respect you though.

Now you're scaring me.
 
  • #58
Ivan Seeking said:
devloser eb xodarap eht nac won ylno
sdrawkcab gnipyt I ma yhw
pleh
!yalpsid retupmoc siht edisni deppart m'I !pleH
 
  • #59
Hang on, Jimmy! I've got a hammer here somewhere...

Oh crap...:frown:
 
  • #60
...see...um...Groucho Marx was Captain Spalding [a song] and he was associated with a duck in several instances...
 

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