What’s black and wrinkled?
AMERICA'S swelling crowd of “seniors” used to be great news for farmers who grow prunes, most of which are eaten by the over-60s. But American 60-year-olds today, though markedly fatter than their predecessors, also like to think they are more sprightly. Two-thirds of them believe they look younger than their age, and all of them like to behave younger. Fast as their numbers may be rising, their appetite for prunes is falling faster.
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