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Let’s face it, we aren’t getting any younger. And hell, those of us still lucky enough to call ourselves young will be older soon enough. With great age comes great responsibilities, as the saying goes, but these are not cool responsibilities like kicking a man made out of sand in the face like Spider-Man’s got. No, these are responsibilities like doing the weekly shop, working a nine-to-five, or cleaning dog poop off the carpet because someone<\/em> had an itchy bum (wasn’t me, I promise).<\/p>\n

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Let’s face it, we aren’t getting any younger. And hell, those of us still lucky enough to call ourselves young will be older soon enough. With great age comes great responsibilities, as the saying goes, but these are not cool responsibilities like kicking a man made out of sand in the face like Spider-Man’s got. No, these are responsibilities like doing the weekly shop, working a nine-to-five, or cleaning dog poop off the carpet because someone had an itchy bum (wasn’t me, I promise). 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