Lost coolness

"The last time I went out with my girlfriends, an old man tried to act cool and came to chat with us," Stephie said mockingly before talking in a mouthful of minced pork noodle. "He wore tight fitting tee and baggy pants."

The best thing to do is to accept the reality that the baton of coolness has somehow mysteriously passed to another generation.

The worst thing we can do is to make a desperate pathetic attempt to reclaim our lost coolness. I have seen guys try to do this, and it is not a pretty sight. Some guys buy fast cars and bad toupees. Some wear tight-fitting Speedo swimwear at the pool, apparently hoping that mere fabric will turn them into Olympic-class lookalikes, when in reality they look as though their sagging bodies have been jammed into toddler swimwear.

This is so sad. And it never works. These guys just get silly, or worse, pathertic, or even worse, vile.