When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex.

Meaning of the quote

As you get older, around the age of 52, you start to care more about food and eating than you do about sex. This means that as people get older, they tend to become more interested in enjoying good food and meals rather than thinking about or wanting to have sex as much as they did when they were younger.

About Tom Lehrer

Tom Lehrer was an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician who became popular in the 1950s and 1960s for his pithy and humorous songs. He often parodied popular musical forms and tackled social and political issues in his work, which has remained relevant long after their initial topical subjects.

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