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My Phizog

My Phizog Strange what one remembers? after looking through Playboy magazine and skipping the dreary articles written by it founder I came across this quote: “every man over forty is reponsable for his own face.” at the time when reading it I was thirty and was not unduly worried, but now nearly 50 years later I recalled the saying. I stood in front of the bathroom mirror, no I didn’t look anything near forty, hair gone and sagging skin. Face-lift? Out of the question I had no desire to look like yesterday’s refry. I smiled, the face in the mirror too smiled, two old mates accepting each other’s elderliness and I came to the conclusion that I’m rather fond of my face.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 5/17/2015 2:54:00 PM
I'll vote for that...now you have two folks fond of your face...no matter what it looks like....so Thanks
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Jan Oskar Hansen
Date: 5/17/2015 3:31:00 PM
dear that was quick I will have another look. Ps It was the last wife of Ernest Hemingway who said she rathe liked her face, so I took it from there

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