Funny 40th Birthday

Need a gem for a funny 40th birthday, something funny for a guy who is thirty, twenty, fifty, sixty, or even seventy? We've got you covered.

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From a witticism by Baltasar Gracian in his Oracula Manual:

"At twenty man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape"

...and you don't want to know what he said about eighty.

At twenty man is a peacock

A man is a peacock at twenty
Flaunts his beautiful fan for some honey
From the dear little chick
That he's hoping to pick.
But she won't. Peacocks lack any money.

At thirty a lion

At thirty a man isn't tame
For he's just getting into his game
He's a lion that roars
With each conquest he scores
Chasing after gazelles he can claim.

At forty, a camel

A camel, at forty, the man
Shoulders burdens as well as he can
Fleeing lions in dread
Fearing snakes up ahead
Looking after his own caravan.

At fifty a serpent

At fifty a man is a snake
Stalking lions and camels to take
Some advantages back
From the younger who lack
All his guile and might make a mistake.

At sixty a dog

At sixty, a man is a dog
On the porch, in his own little fog
One who naps in the shade
Of the home that he made
While composing his own epilogue.

At seventy an ape

At seventy, man is an ape
In a zoo, half asleep, mouth agape.
And he can't figure out
What the rush is about
To the exit that's labeled "escape."

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