Fit Over 40 Pillows

"I don't care about the rating on Goodreads. We're reading Cinderella!"

'You know you're getting old when you take longer to recover than to get tired.'

Eagle (The Divine Comedy).

Gary turns 40.

'It's perfectly normal for middle-aged men to put on a little weight.'

'These fit just right. Do you have anything too tight?'

Inside One's Memory Bank

Moby Dick

"Faster! Middle age is gaining on you!"

"Quick, I need a drink. Someone just called me Ma'am."

Ed's receding hairline!

The summer of her 39th year, Eleanor could be found most evenings on a hill (known locally as Robert's Hump) doing aerobics of her own devising.

"Aye, 'tis the elusive Moby Dick!"

'I thought forty is the new thirty.'

'Hello, Robinson Crusoe here, I'd like my kitchen finished by Friday.'

Middle Age: When rolling out of bed is easy, but getting up off the floor isn't!

'Tell the doctor to hurry. It's an emergency. I just turned middle aged!'

"These days they prefer to harass me on twitter."

"You've come to a fork in the road – age-defying or age-appropriate?"

Monk on the beach

'Are you thinking what I'm thinking?'

'Your 40th? Well maybe if you're talking about the number of cans you've had!'

Lowbrow Lolita

Cannabis Dispensary: Walk-ins awkwardly trying to look nonchalant welcome!

"The presenting sponsor of The Dr. Faust Podcast is, as always, Mephistopheles."

Middle Age: When an 'All Nighter' means you didn't have to get up to pee!

'Medea' Studies

Gloria's life had been uneventful - until her 40th birthday, when her arms changed into swans.

'Mildred....is that you?'

"The selfie of Dorian Gray"

"Of course you're bored, sweetie. It's the fin de siècle."