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He's 40 going on 10.
My goodness, he's 40 going on 10.
In my case, I'm almost 50 going on 20.
If you look at me, I'm almost 50 going on 20.
What? So the first number is the person's actual age.
The second number is the person's mental or emotional or physical age.
That's the idea. so for me, I'm almost 50.
I'm getting close. Yeah, I'm like I'll be 47 this year So I'm 46 right now, but if you look at me And you know, this is a podcast so you guys have probably never Seen me.
Well, I kind of look like I don't know.
I guess a very young Brad Pitt or Or, John Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi, when he was, you know, first came out in the early 80s.
That's what I look like.
Yeah, I look like that.
I look like I'm about 20 years old.
People cannot believe that I'm almost 50.
So for me I'm almost 50 going on 20?
I think I hear some of you laughing.
What, you don't think I look like a young Brad Pitt or a young Bon Jovi?
Well, what do you look like?
You're probably 30 going on 50.
Yeah, you're probably only 30 years old.
but you look like you're 50 huh huh yeah so once again you he i they they i don't know about they but he is 40 going on 10 that means he's 40 years old but mentally he's 10 he's a child or physically he's 10 which would still make him a child or emotionally he's 10 He's still a child, yeah.
And we can go the opposite.
For example, a young child, he's 10 going on 30.
He's 10 years old, but intellectually, mentally, he's going on 30.
He's a very smart, mature, young boy.
That's the idea. Let's check out his dialogue.
Look at your brother.
He's having a great time!
He's 40 going on 10.
Is it his first time to Disneyland?
No! He comes every year!
He's a kid! Some people absolutely love Disneyland, and Disney World, and amusement parks.
Yep. Even though they're 40 years old, 50 years old, 80 years old.
They love it. They go crazy.
they act like they're 10 years old.
They're having so much fun with all the rides and the cotton candy and the food and the soda and this ah yeah that's pretty cool yeah for me if I went to Disneyland I would probably go crazy however if I go to a place where I can go skiing oh boy you might think I were 10 years old.
I was 10 years old because I would have so much fun.
Oh not downhill skiing, cross -country skiing.
Yeah, I love cross -country skiing.
If you saw me skiing, you would say, oh my goodness Shane's 46 but going on 20.
Stop laughing at me.
Stop laughing at me.
I'm not that old. Alright let's check that dialogue out two more times.
Ah -ha! Look at your brother!
He's having a great time!
He's 40 going on 10.
Is it his first time to Disneyland?
No! He comes every year.
He's a kid! Ah -ha! Look at your brother!
He's having a great time!
He's 40 going on 10.
Is it his first time to Disneyland?
No! He comes every year!
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