Hurtling toward the 'Age of Grumpiness'

If a new study is any indication, it appears that I don’t have too much longer until I start down the path to “The Age of Grumpiness.”
It’s not that I don’t do my share of grumping. I’m already at an age where I do a pretty decent job of being cranky at times, especially when there are no ballgames to watch, which is not the case right now as the Phillies continue to play October baseball.
But according to a wire service story, a cable television survey out of London shows that in a study of 2,000 Britons, those over the age of 50 yukked it up far less than younger people. Not only that, the over 50 crowd complained a lot more.
This would be the place to insert the standard Old Guy’s Lament: “Hey you British kids get off my lawn!”
The survey showed that infants laughed up to 300 times a day (little kids will laugh at anything, like putting lipstick on the dog); teenagers laughed only six times a day (you wouldn’t have much time to laugh either if you spent most your time whining about all the homework you had to do); and folks over age 60 laughed only 2.5 times a day (because it’s not funny when one pulls a hamstring getting out of a recliner).
By the way, men were found to be grumpier than women. This should come as no surprise whatsoever because it is the men in general who are in charge of lawn enforcement rules.
So, when I get to age 52, I’ll be grumpy. And I thought I was just going to be sleepy.