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When Christopher Matthew was six, the poems of Milne always reassured him that other children were as naughty as he was, so on reaching sixty he decided that he should adapt Now We Are Six for an older audience. Now We Are Sixty is often hilarious, sometimes rueful and always thought-provoking. Some verses are about realising we are not as young as we thought, while some are about the more disconcerting problems of modern life; mobile telephones on trains, anti-social behaviour, traffic jams show more and the internet. show lessTags
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An excellent parody of the Milne poems with sharp observations on growing older. I was brought up on the originals, and the rhythm, the humor, and the illustrations are absolutely spot on. There is, of course, a strong British flavor to the situations and the problems, but aging is universal.
Overpriced at a pound in a charity shop.
AA Milne's "Now we are Six" re-written for sixty-year-olds.
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He is the author of a dozen books including Diary of a Somebody & has contributed to the Daily Telegraph, the Observer & Vogue. He is married with three children & lives in London & Suffolk. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Original publication date
- 1999
- Dedication
- For Bertie Lomas
- First words
- Introduction: The film actor Tony Curtis was once asked by the host of an American TV chat show how he would sum up his life.
I have this club where I go
When I'm feeling unwanted,
I have this club in Soho
Where I can be me - Quotations
- LIFE
When I was One
The War had begun.
When I was Ten
It was wartime again.
When I was Twenty
I thought I knew plenty.
When I was Thirty
I liked to be flirty.
When I was Forty
When I was Fifty
I turned very thrifty.
But now that I’m Sixty, I’ve got to confess
That more often than not, I couldn’t care less.
I re-wrote some of the poems A. A. Milne wrote for six-year-olds and re-wrote them for sixty-year-olds. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But now that I'm Sixty, I've got to confess
That more often than not, I couldn't care less.
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