We had to date him to “old”. He might be older. For our international readers, Americans believe anything older than 1960 is old. Maybe 1950. Maybe 1900. Look, I walked the graveyards of England with tombstones dating back to the 1300s and those weren’t considered “that old” so “old” varies.
Tempest in a Teardrop: The Churchians 
More likely, Hick thinks of him as “oh, THAT kid. He had some good ones!”
Our attorney – same way; she was just the little sister of our daughter’s classmate. All right, when did you kids grow up? Harrumph.
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Yep, the audience gets it.
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There are benefits to being a tree!
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That is one *old* tree…
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We had to date him to “old”. He might be older. For our international readers, Americans believe anything older than 1960 is old. Maybe 1950. Maybe 1900. Look, I walked the graveyards of England with tombstones dating back to the 1300s and those weren’t considered “that old” so “old” varies.
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You also crawled around inside Maeshowe, in the Orkneys, Quizzer. You’ve seen old!
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There’s a “your momma” joke in here somewhere . . .
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Hahahah!
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