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I am utterly, hopelessly in love with these mordant cartoons and the sensibility that drives them.

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Mordant is such a great word. What a compliment to have it applied to my work!

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Will let you know how my wife feels about a ménage.

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Wouldn’t it make a good cartoon?

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Do you mean you, Peter's wife and a cartoon? (If yes, which one?)

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Aug 21Liked by Sari Botton

This is just epic and seriously needs to be in a book!! So witty.

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Aug 21Liked by Sari Botton

Instant classic

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All the classics are old, after all.

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Aug 21Liked by Sari Botton

But not all, age well. This could be a series of pictographs on a cave wall, made by a wise (old) neanderthal

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Aug 21Liked by Sari Botton

And talented. Forgot talented.

Thank you for this. Made me smile. And almost accept creeping uselessness

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At 69, I so relate to all of this. Thank you, Peter, for putting it so succinctly and hilariously. Laughter is the best medicine for the inevitability of aging.

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Joyful!

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“Joy” is what we’re all reaching for now, right? Glad I captured it for you.

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Aug 21Liked by Sari Botton

This is the best one ever!

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Aug 21Liked by Sari Botton

Love the Rockwell spoof at the beginning. Excellent column.

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Glad you enjoyed this.

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Aug 21Liked by Sari Botton

Brilliant! As an "older woman," I relate to almost everything. I just sent this to my cousin who's 81 tomorrow. Yes, we still like bday cards.

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Aug 21Liked by Sari Botton

Hilarious!!!🤣

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Thanks! From 74, I hear you, i see you!

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But through bifocals, probably, right Karen?

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Ha, ha, ha! Trifocals, of course!!!

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I love this! Peter Moore sounds like a hoot.

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Hoot, as in owl? 🦉

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Hoot, as in funny. Alive. Forward-facing. Effervescent!

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Hoping for wisdom, too! Thx Not the Enemy!

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De nada, Road2Elsewhere! And yes, wisdom. The tire tracks of having spent many years on the road, so to speak!

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Wow, I love your attitude. And your boundless energy for life is amazing. I never realized that you were 67. I'm soon to be 64 and all this time I've been thinking that I was old enough to be your mother! Carry on, Sonny, you'll be going places. 😎

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Oh and thank you for the intro to Oldster. I'll be signing up!

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<3

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Aug 21Liked by Sari Botton

Yes Sir, keep doing what you do. Loved the humor.

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I think I’ve hovered in that ‘sweet spot’ era for over a decade now: retired, so I have time to do what I like; health is good (because I like to do healthy things); I’m not broke, so I can afford to do those healthy things (travel, nice bikes, good food)…maybe I need to up the sex factor, however. Fun way to answer the questions, Mr Moore, Thanks!

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Laughed and laughed. Not sure if laugher was largely from self-recognition: I'm 67, newly retired, and writing a lot. And the low expectations, the urinary stream . . . Nah. It was just funny.

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Brothers, poised over the toilet waiting for SOMETHING to happen. Is it gauche to check your phone with one hand?

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Over the past decade, I've taken to doing just that. It hardly feels like multitasking since something's not doing its job. Anyway, no fishing for fallen phones yet . . .

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Aug 21Liked by Sari Botton

Shared with my to-be 66-year-old husband. Perfect!

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