Jimmy Hoffa you say?

Do you want to feel old for a moment? Of course you don’t but just go along with my story anyway.

So…if you do NOT want to feel old, you should absolutely never, ever, ever work at a University.

There’s the obvious, everyone that isn’t older than you is young and vibrant, good looking and full of energy. They are still capable of acing a test and looking great just two hours after passing out from a night of keg stands and beer bongs.

And they are still full of things like idealism and optimism and all kinds of other ism’s that those of us on the upside of 29 have left behind. Life has not yet stolen from them all the blind ambition and wonderfulness that youth provides.

Our gentle reminder of our oldness for today came from one of our student workers. When playfully asked by one of the senior (really old) staff if he was being ‘Eddie Haskelly’, he asked “Isn’t that like Jimmy Hoffa?”

We here at the Leper Colony have decided that is a fantastic answer. To anything. The boss asks you if you’ve seen the Admissions Report…”Isn’t that like Jimmy Hoffa?” Your hubby asks you if you know about the Alex Rodriguez steroid scandal…”Isn’t that like Jimmy Hoffa?” Your doctor asks you if you’ve been watching your cholesterol….”Isn’t that like Jimmy Hoffa?”

Anytime you need to play dumb, or really are dumb, just pull the Jimmy Hoffa clause out and you can safely walk way the verbal victor in that conversation.