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By: Matt Thu, Apr 12th, 2007
AARP
Easing up the requirements

Misty got a letter the other day from the AARP asking her to join. That's fantastic for them, as if she joins, Mike gets to join for free, and they get to enjoy all manner of savings, benefits, and other niceties reserved for card-carrying senior citizens.

The only catch is that, at 26 and 27, they're hardly senior citizens, and as such don't actually qualify to be members of AARP.


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Obviously, they're not currently eligible, but they're not ones to pass up a good bargain, so they included a check for membership dues along with the following letter:

March 29th, 2007

Dear AARP:

Thank you for your recent invitation to join your organization. We are excited to receive the many benefits that membership provides, including the discounts, health and wellness benefits, and having a voice in Washington and our state capital. We are sure that we will agree with your assessment that "the benefits are worth far more than the dues of only about a dollar a month." Enclosed, please find our post-dated check for one years' worth of dues. We have dated the check for 2031, when we will both be eligible for membership. You have set an excellent example in sending out the membership registration form this early, as postage rates are sure to have risen much higher by that point. We hope that you will appreciate the favor we are doing by returning the registration form before you will have to pay for the extra postage.

Your future members,

Misty and Michael Poush

Lo and behold, AARP cashed the check, so pretty soon they get to start renting cars on the cheap and ordering off that special section of the Perkins menu reserved for seniors like them.




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 Get off my lawn!Ron - Apr 12th, 2007 
Not many AARP members have a newborn. They might be able to use that to their advantage. Is there a senior discount on diapers?

 Re: DiapersJust_human - Apr 12th, 2007 
It's entirely possible, but we've already bought the diapers.

If a bank will cash a check dated 2031, it kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it?

 Diapers?E.D. - Apr 16th, 2007 
I suppose they might have a discount on Depends. But the Huggies?

 kathy - Apr 19th, 2007 
That's hilarious!

Someone told me yesterday that her 4 yr old granddaughter received a credit card application.

 Nothing to do with the AARPBrian - Apr 30th, 2007 
Thanks for stopping by the other day, it was good to see you!



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