Ageism Advocate Gifts

When job hunting, your age will get in the way - but only if you place it centre stage.

"... And finally, I’d like to thank the FDA for approving Botox."

'Your decade of experience is, unfortunately, from the wrong decade.'

"If they do let anyone go I don't think age will be a consideration. You shouldn't kill yourself trying to look younger than you are."

'I don't know which health issue should concern me more - the voices in my head or the fact that I need a hearing aid to hear them.'

"Seventy-seven. How about yours."

Sir Isaac Newton Sucks!

Potts is having a job keeping up with the young turks.

'Sorry I can't pay your pension until I see gray hair. . . Oh yes, and you also get disability.'

"We’re still a relatively young company compared to this lady I found in the lobby."

'Ageism at work'

The Leap of Faith Taken by Alzheimer's Caregivers

'He's a lot older than she is.'

"He said he's doing all he can to help me, but he can't make me any younger. But I have no interest in getting younger! I just don't want to keep getting older."

'Behold,a cross section of our workforce: the energy of youth mixed with the wisdom of years.'

After decades of research, Prof. Lorenzen finally found a way to stop ageing.

'You look younger...are you colouring your hair?'

Just to see the expression on their faces, store clerk Rodney Clatch liked to offer senior discounts to 40-something women.

Yeah, I'm taking care of my parents now, too.

"I'm sorry, but at your age I really can't give you any credit...why don't you put your denture under the pillow and see if the tooth fairy can help you!"

"Get off the lawn!"

"Working with the elderly requires significant capital investment....ramps, high raise chairs, alarms."

Ack! 2010!! We're a whole tenth of the way through the "new" century! Hey! January. We've got a whole nine-tenths left to go. Easy for you to say! You aren't one-tenth of the way through the wrinkle cream Santa brought you.

"I assure you that you don't have Alzheimer's because you paid my fee last week."

"You will grow old and wrinkled, and moan about the weather."

Alzheimer's and the Vicious Circle of Slow Death

"Make my face sag - I want people to think I've never had plastic surgery."

'The boss wants me to retire...The company doesn't want you when you're old and useless.' 'They prefer people who are young and useless.'

"My client, age 87, will claim age discrimination if he's not allowed to play."

Youth Cream, look younger in minutes.

"You're over 50. While we appreciate your past contributions, we need to put them behind us and move on."

"You end up with the face you can afford."

"You can grow old gracefully. I'm fighting it every inch of the way!"

When prunes lose the plot: they advertise anti wrinkle cream.

'I'm at that awkward age. Not as young as I say I am, and not as old as I feel.'