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LuckyCharms

(21,236 posts) Tue Oct 7, 2025, 05:57 PM Oct 7

When I was young, I was poor. But after years and years of hard work...

I am no longer young.

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When I was young, I was poor. But after years and years of hard work... (Original Post) LuckyCharms Oct 7 OP

well yeah...but you got a sore back to show for it... ret5hd Oct 7 #1

Boney fingers? chicoescuela Oct 7 #3

😂😂😂 underpants Oct 7 #2

Me, too, Lucky Charms! ShazzieB Oct 7 #4

Are you related to Mark Twain? multigraincracker Oct 7 #5

"I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty." Pinback Oct 7 #6

Today's American dream with no small thanks to the Republican Party. Gimpyknee Oct 7 #7

Welcome to the club! True Dough Oct 7 #8

That happens to me when I sneeze... LuckyCharms Oct 8 #11

You load sixteen tons, whaddya get? LudwigPastorius Oct 7 #9

Started out dirt-poor justaprogressive Oct 8 #10

ret5hd

(22,030 posts)

1. well yeah...but you got a sore back to show for it...

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 05:59 PM

Oct 7

so there’s that.

chicoescuela

(2,516 posts)

3. Boney fingers?

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 08:25 PM

Oct 7

underpants

(193,986 posts)

2. 😂😂😂

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 05:59 PM

Oct 7

ShazzieB

(21,990 posts)

4. Me, too, Lucky Charms!

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 08:28 PM

Oct 7

Last edited Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:18 AM - Edit history (1)

And you know what else? I came into this world with nothing...and I still have most of it!

multigraincracker

(36,731 posts)

5. Are you related to Mark Twain?

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 08:36 PM

Oct 7

Pinback

(13,458 posts)

6. "I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty."

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 08:52 PM

Oct 7

- Groucho Marx

Gimpyknee

(923 posts)

7. Today's American dream with no small thanks to the Republican Party.

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 09:00 PM

Oct 7

True Dough

(25,225 posts)

8. Welcome to the club!

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 09:20 PM

Oct 7

LuckyCharms

(21,236 posts)

11. That happens to me when I sneeze...

Reply to True Dough (Reply #8)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 11:03 AM

Oct 8

LudwigPastorius

(13,845 posts)

9. You load sixteen tons, whaddya get?

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 11:33 PM

Oct 7

Not a high rise condo, and for sure not a Vette.

justaprogressive

(5,982 posts)

10. Started out dirt-poor

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 11:01 AM

Oct 8

took me decades to become completely destitute!

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