Past-career Reminiscer Gifts

Nation of Has-Beens (and Never-Will-Bes)

"I'm going to talk about the summer before last, it was much more fun."

'I'm old enough to remember when smiley faces were right side up.'

"I remember that game of Spin-the-Bottle like it was yesterday. It was love at firstspin."

Remember my mum? I took that photo a week before she died. There's one of me...that was a good haircut.

'Where Are They Now?'

'My old Nehru suit! And in a pocket there's still a bottle of aftershave lotion from the glove box of my '55 Nash Rambler.'

"See those birch trees on the other side of the pond? That’s the exact spot where your mother first called me an idiot."

'You're always living in the past.'

'Is that all you can do Just sitting there watching your old movies'

'I was in the right place at the right time once, and then I realized it wasn't ME.'

'Life passed me by without using a turn signal.'

Griller highlights never gets old

'Remember when we used to catch small fish by the bucket full.'

"It's a fortuitous coincidence that the greatest moments in music history were when I was in high school."

'Aaah yes, the stampede of July 1810: Good times...'

"Remember the days we could drink and party all night and we thought guys in their 50's were old geezers?"

Whilst browsing in his local flea market, Jimmy has an awkward encounter with an ex.

"Do you remember when families used to get together and fight at Christmas?"

"I'll bet you were good at making skid marks?"

'Yes, old friend, we've traveled a long road, made a lot of stops, scooped up a lot of poop...'

'He's revisiting his childhood.'

'I was a substitute teacher. Former students still approach me to thank me for everything I let them get away with.'

'Yeah, I hate change, too.'

'I was just remembering the good old days - I had two of them!'

I got my bad back from an old football injury.

The Old Elves Home

Signs grampa has run out of 'When I Was Your Age' stories.

"I once loved a parade."

"Over the long haul, it's been a long haul."

"Martin, did we ever get our freak on?"

"I'm so old I can't remember who's the smart one and who's the pretty one."

"I can't remember where we're going."

Gen X in the Golden Years.

'...On, no, more feral stories.'