Birthday boys

Who would have thought that John Howard and Sir Mick Jagger would have a birthday in common? It's this Thursday - July 26 - when John Howard, who has recently been described as old and out-of-touch, will be 68; while Sir Mick hits 64. You have to wonder if this rather timely article about their joint birthdays is somehow intended to promote a perception of "youth" by association, promoting the idea that one is as young as they feel - and be blowed what the electorate or political opponents think. Co-incidentally the only ad on this same page of The Daily Telegraph was a free pass coupon for the Annual Sydney Retirement & LifeStyle Expo which runs from July 27-29.