"old soul"

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN says that some kid "is what's called an 'old soul.' At a young age he
was very advanced."  He won prizes and things.

Since I can feel my brain wattage dimming with the passing years, I must be
turning into a "young soul."

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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