On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Al Tally <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Gwern Branwen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/05/18/090518po_poem_frazier >> >> "And so, at last, I am turning forty, >> In just a couple of days. >> The big four-oh. >> Yes, that is soon to be my age. >> (And not fifty-eight. No way. That Wikipedia is a bunch of liars.) >> Nope, not any other age, just forty. >> What other age could someone born in 1969 (and not 1951) >> Possibly be? >> (And please do not listen to my ex-wife, that sad, bitter woman in her >> late fifties.) >> What does it feel like, old bones? >> Yes, I have lost a step or two in the hundred-metre dash. >> I accept these changes. >> But if a guy says in a published poem that he is forty, >> As I am doing here, >> It’s obvious that must be the age that he is, >> Officially." >> >> -- >> gwern <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l> >> > > So is he 58 or 40? His article currently says he was born in 1951, but > there's no reference. >
Erm. Isn't it pretty clear he's 58? The whole poem is him humorously denying that he's 58 and pretending to a youthful 40. The reason I posted it is because he's clearly gently mocking Wikipedia's policies on published material. 'If a guy says in a published poem that he is 40...obviously that must be the age that he is [despite all the other evidence that he's 58]' -- gwern _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
