From Volume One of Encyclopedia Possumica, we learn that the average lifespan of the aardvark (from the Afrikaans word meaning "earth pig") in captivity is approximately 25 years. Thus, we are quite happy to wish one particular Aardvark a very happy 44th birthday!
Posted by Terry Oglesby at January 27, 2006 11:04 AMI'm so sick and tired of hearing about how young all of you are. Miss Reba's only 46, LittleA is only 44, and Jordana's husband just turned 30, so he's younger than one of my kids.
Posted by: steevil at January 27, 2006 12:19 PMWell, if you're tired of hearing about it, maybe you could turn down your hearing aid!
::rimshot::
Thank you! I'll be here all week!
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at January 27, 2006 12:24 PMIf it's any consolation, Mozart turns 250 today.
And like many folks of advancing years, he stopped counting some good while back.
Posted by: LittleA at January 27, 2006 02:40 PMOH, and he was always such a polite young man--always offering to help me across the streets and such.
Posted by: Helen Thomas at January 27, 2006 02:45 PM