
Yes, we praise women over forty for a multitude of reasons. They’ll tell you right off if you are a jerk, if you are acting like one! You don’t ever have to wonder where you stand with her. Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over forty is far sexier than her younger counterpart. They always know.Ī woman over forty looks good wearing bright red lipstick. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over forty. Women over forty couldn’t care less if you’re attracted to her friends because she knows her friends won’t betray her. A younger woman with a man will often ignore even her best friend because she doesn’t trust the guy with other women. They know what it’s like to be unappreciated.Ī woman over forty has the self-assurance to introduce you to her women friends. Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. Of course, if you deserve it, they won’t hesitate to shoot you, if they think they can get away with it. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Few women past the age of forty give a hoot what you might think about her or what she’s doing. And, it’s usually something more interesting.Ī woman over forty knows herself well enough to be assured in who she is, what she is, what she wants and from whom. If a woman over forty doesn’t want to watch the game, she doesn’t sit around whining about it. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over forty will never wake you in the middle of the night to ask, “What are you thinking?” She doesn’t care what you think.

Tell the kids.“As I grow in age, I value women who are over forty most of all. In any event: Andy Rooney, still not a bigot.

Maybe what with Kramergate, as well as another race-related scandal, this one involving a different famous Andy, someone felt that the time was right to trot out this small piece of non-news. Seeing as Rooney debunked these false commentaries over a year ago, in front of a nationally televised audience, it is curious that the AP felt that this was a worthwhile story today. There's a collection of racist and sexist remarks on the Internet under a picture of me with the caption 'ANDY ROONEY SAID ON 60 MINUTES.' If I could find the person who did write it using my name I would sue him. I was pleased by how many people wrote to say they didn't believe I wrote it. The answer, briefly, is no I didn't.Ī saccharine collection of comments called 'ANDY ROONEY ON OLDER WOMEN' has had wide circulation. 23, 2005 edition of "60 Minutes." Here's Andy:Ī lot of people have written to ask if I really wrote some things on the Internet that have my name on them. (He calls it "embarrassing" and "infuriating.") Most important, however, is this: A real Rooney commentary from the Oct.
ANDY ROONEY ON OLDER WOMEN TV
Then there's this piece from April 10th in TV Week, in which Rooney complained about a false commentary on older women that has been emailed around. Witness this entry on Snopes, a site that debunks urban legends, which notes that the alleged Rooney commentary is false.


Here's the odd thing about the story, though: These fake Rooney commentaries have been around forever, and they've been known to be fake for almost as long. "I suppose it's not important, but I hate the fact that people think I've been writing these things," Rooney told the AP. Rooney didn't write the commentary, and he doesn't like that it's been attributed to him. As the AP notes, a commentary supposedly written by Rooney that includes "anti-minority statements" has been floating around the Internet. (CBS)Big News from the Associated Press: Andy Rooney is not a bigot.
