How Old Are You?

"I just want to find out how old he is, and not because i really care. Bcause it bothers him so much." "You are nice and you're cool, and like yot, and i think you should own up to what aver egh you are," says the character of a gray-haired man who has been friends with Sally for years. 'If i told you, it would be a bit shocking, because sometimes i'm fraid that the youth will be like all he's so close to our age that, you know, we don't respect him any more'