andy rooney

[paddy]

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>>As I grow in age, I value women who are over 40 most of all.
>>Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over 40 will not lay next
>>to you in bed and ask, "What are you thinking?" She doesn't care
>>what you think.
>> If a woman over 40 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit
>>around whining about it. She does something she wants to do. And,
>>it's usually something more interesting.
>>A woman over 40 knows herself well enough to be assured in who she
>>is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. Few women past the
>>age of 40 give a damn what you might think about her or what she's
>>doing.
>>Women over 40 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match
>>with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant.
>>Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you, if
>>they think they can get away with it.
>>Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know
>>what it's like to be unappreciated.
>> A woman over 40 has the self-assurance to introduce you to her
>>women friends. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even
>>her best friend because she doesn't trust the guy with other women.
>>Women over 40 couldn't care less if you're attracted to her friends
>>because she knows her friends won't betray her.
>>Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins
>>to a woman over 40. They always know.
>>A woman over 40 looks good wearing bright red lipstick. This is not
>>true of younger women or drag queens. Once you get past a wrinkle
>>or two, a woman over 40 is far sexier than her younger
>>counterpart.
>>Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off
>>if you are a jerk if you are acting like one! You don't ever have
>>to wonder where you stand with her.
>>Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons.
>>Unfortunately, it's not reciprocated. For every stunning, smart,
>>well-coiffed hot woman of 40+, there is a bald, paunchy relic in
>>yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year-old
>>waitress. Ladies, I apologize.
>>
>>For all those men who say, "Why buy the cow when you can get the
>>milk for free." Here's an update for you. Nowadays 80% of women are
>>against marriage.
>>Why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig,
>>just to get a little sausage.

[maxschnell]

��Snopes.com claims it is false:

Andy Rooney,

the curmudgeonly commentator who closes every Sunday broadcast of television's 60 Minutes news magazine with a (typically sardonic) essay about some aspect of everyday life, is — thanks to the Internet — as well-known for what he hasn't said as he is for what he really has said. The piece quoted above, an essay "In Praise of Older Women," is another portion of his "hasn't said" fame.

This item was not penned by Andy Rooney; it is an embellished version of a piece created by Frank Kaiser, a columnist whose Suddenly Senior articles are published on his web site and syndicated to a variety of newspapers across the U.S.

Baltimore Sun writer Susan Reimer contacted Andy Rooney, who told her:

"It just bugs me that anybody would put my name on something I didn't write," said Rooney from his New York office. He's been the object of this kind of hoax before, and another, he said, had just crossed his desk.

I asked him if he shared the author's affection for older women, and he said, "Not particularly."

The true author, Frank Kaiser, had this to say about the misattribution:

I actually wrote it in 2000 but about a year ago [i.e., in 2002], I started seeing it come back to me in e-mails attributed to Andy Rooney. It didn't bother me too much. That's sort of the nature of the Internet. I wrote him and made a joke about it and he called me. You know, he's just as cantankerous on the phone as he is on the air.

[RHM]

Originally Posted by maxschnell

��Snopes.com claims it is false:

Andy Rooney,

the curmudgeonly commentator who closes every Sunday broadcast of television's 60 Minutes news magazine with a (typically sardonic) essay about some aspect of everyday life, is — thanks to the Internet — as well-known for what he hasn't said as he is for what he really has said. The piece quoted above, an essay "In Praise of Older Women," is another portion of his "hasn't said" fame.

This item was not penned by Andy Rooney; it is an embellished version of a piece created by Frank Kaiser, a columnist whose Suddenly Senior articles are published on his web site and syndicated to a variety of newspapers across the U.S.

Baltimore Sun writer Susan Reimer contacted Andy Rooney, who told her:

"It just bugs me that anybody would put my name on something I didn't write," said Rooney from his New York office. He's been the object of this kind of hoax before, and another, he said, had just crossed his desk.

I asked him if he shared the author's affection for older women, and he said, "Not particularly."

The true author, Frank Kaiser, had this to say about the misattribution:

I actually wrote it in 2000 but about a year ago [i.e., in 2002], I started seeing it come back to me in e-mails attributed to Andy Rooney. It didn't bother me too much. That's sort of the nature of the Internet. I wrote him and made a joke about it and he called me. You know, he's just as cantankerous on the phone as he is on the air.

Actually, it was originally written by NAOWLS but rejected by most magazines because the first draft was 137 pages. It was entitled "A few words about older women".

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