All manner of calamities and perturbations beset the unwary and unsuspecting male?crow's feet, erectile dysfunction, adult diapers, whether to wear one's belt over or under the gut, turning Republican, and, of course, being AARP'd.

Safe sex means keeping oxygen tanks and nitroglycerin pills close by one's bed. And for women, according to the author's wife, the big five-o means mammograms, eyebags, estrogen therapy, and flash management. Geist dons the jester's cap with the deliberate intent of bringing forth smiles, laughter, and howls, and frequently he succeeds; but one is aware now and then of the grinding of mental wheels. The book contains a number of clinkers, but fortunately there are more than enough nuggets to keep the reader pushing onward. For larger humor collections.

. Some of the material, like its author, is a bit frayed around the edges. But when Geist, a CBS television commentator, is on, he's really on, as in his observation that Rolling Stones concerts "are beginning to take on the look of aerobics classes at a Century Village retirement community."

 William Morrow & Company 0688150772 / 9780688150778
Hardcover As New Condition New York 

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