Humorous 40th birthday wishes

40th Birthday Jokes

Funny 40th birthday jokes for this momentous occasion. Turning 40 is an occasion worth celebrating, and a good excuse for a laugh too!

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Whether you want to lighten the mood or soften the blow of turning forty, you'll find something funny here to help you out.

Scroll down the page to read all our funny 40th birthday jokes, or click on these links to see a particular subset.

Jokes about Age

Benefits of Aging

You Know You're 40 When...

Grey Hair Jokes

Menopause Jokes

Many of these jokes are short enough for a card message or to include in a 40th birthday speech.

Other ways you might want to use them include as part of the birthday invitation wording, or you could print and frame a one-liner and use it as a part of the 40th birthday party decor. And you can text the birthday girl/guy a joke on their birthday as a funny way to say Happy Birthday!

40th Birthday Jokes about Aging

Age is like underwear. It creeps up on you.

Don't let aging get you down. It's too hard to get up again.

Middle age: that time when you finally get your head together - then your body starts falling apart.

You know you're getting old when you can't walk past a bathroom without thinking, "I may as well pee while I'm here."

The tragedy of getting old: So many candles... so little cake

You know you're old when you turn down the lights to be economical instead of romantic.

Q: What goes up and never comes down?
A: Your age!

You know you're getting older when an "all-nighter" means not getting up to pee.

Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.

Middle age... when "happy hour" is a nap!

Forty's not that old... if you're a tree.

When you're over the hill, you pick up speed.

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Benefits of Age Jokes

Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live!

The best part of being over forty, is that you did most your stupid stuff before the internet.

Don't stress about your eyesight failing as you get older. It's nature's way of protecting you from shock as you walk past the mirror.

Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake.

40 is the perfect age. You're old enough to recognize your mistakes but young enough to make some more.

Don't be upset about your birthday. Just think, you're one year closer to getting the senior citizen discount!

Getting older has some benefits... Call it a "senior moment" and you can get away with pretty much anything!

Forget age. If you can still manage to blow out your birthday candles, everything is dandy.

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You know you're 40 when...

You know you're 40 when you're in an elevator when your favourite song comes on.

You know you're 40 when getting lucky means a short wait in the doctor's office.

You know you're 40 when your back goes out more often than you do.

You know you're 40 when your back is hairier than your head.

You know you're 40 when you have a party and the neighbours don't even realise.

You know you're 40 when a kid you once babysat is now your lawyer.

You know you're 40 when someone offers you a seat on the bus. And you don't refuse.

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40th Birthday Jokes about Grey hair

Don't worry, they are not grey hairs, they are wisdom highlights. You just happen to be extremely wise.

Those aren't grey hair you see. They're strands of birthday glitter growing out of your head.

A little grey hair is a small price to pay for so much wisdom.

If grey hair is a sign of wisdom, then you're a genius!

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40th Birthday Jokes about Menopause

Night sweats and hot flashes are nature's way of lowering your heating bill so you can save more money for your retirement.

Menopause gives me the freedom to say anything. The only filters in my house are for the coffee.

When I asked for a smoking hot body, menopause was not quite what I had in mind.

I'm still hot, but it comes in flashes.

I start out each day as Mary Poppins and end it as Cruella De Vil.

The 7 stages of menopause: Itchy, Bitchy, Sweaty, Sleepy, Bloated, Forgetful, Psycho.

This one doesn't count as a change-of-life joke, but somehow it feels like it should fit in this section.

I don't want to brag or make anybody jealous or anything... but I can still fit into the earrings I wore in high school.

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"Year You Were Born" 40th Poster

And if you're looking for a really unique and memorable way to wish someone a happy 40th birthday, then do check out our 40th birthday poster full of interesting facts from the year they were born. Easy to edit and print out at home, your gift will be the talk of the party!

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More 40th Birthday ideas...

I hope you enjoyed our 40th birthday jokes collection! For more funny 40th birthday ideas, do check out our 40th birthday sayings, 40th birthday quotes and 40th birthday gag gifts pages. If your still stuck for what to write in their card, check out my page 100+ of the Best Happy Birthday Wishes and happy birthday quotes collections. And there are more general gift ideas on our Homemade Birthday Gifts page.

And do check out our 40th Birthday Ideas page for fabulous party ideas for him or her, and thoughtful gift ideas that they're sure to love!

The occasion of a 40^th Birthday deserves to be celebrated! 40 is the perfect age to reflect on one’s life with humor, gladness, and high expectations of upcoming events. It should be commemorated with a festivity involving friends, family, and new acquaintances. It should also serve and be viewed as a reminder that there are many more years ahead, with youthful exultation.

When wishing someone who is dear to you a Happy 40^th Birthday, it is imperative to keep in mind what kind of Birthday wish will delight, make the person laugh, cause deep lines of thought, and stir strong emotions. Here are funny and teasing, comparing with celebrities, and wishes that state that the person who is dear to you is still young.

Funny and Teasing Wishes for 40th Birthday

• Here’s hoping you will be able to blow out all of the candles on your cake, fast enough to prevent a fire! Happy 40^th Birthday!
• Cheers to a riotous birthday! May the fun you have on your 40^th, exceed the back aches you will get, later!
• If you were 39 yesterday it must have been all the shipping and handling that set you over the edge. But since you’re officially 40, happy birthday.

• OMG! You’re the absolute best… I can’t thank you enough for turning forty before I did. I owe you big time, so the cake is on me. Happy 40^th birthday.
• Turning forty is not as bad as they say- it means your awesome, cool, smart, and hip, times forty! What could be bad about that? Happy 40^th you babe.
• Hey pal, remember when you were in your thirties and you talked about dreading turning forty? Of course you do, that was just yesterday. Well, at least you’ve got a ways to go before 50. Happy birthday and don’t cry. It’s not that bad.
• Congratulations! You’re officially a grown up! They say that the first forty years of childhood are tough- kudos to you for making it through. Happy 40^th birthday, to my friend who just joined adulthood.
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• The older I get the more I realize if you think about how old you are it only makes you feel older. So today don’t do too much thinking. Just be. Happy 40^th…. Oops. I mean, happy birthday. That’s all.

You are 40 now. It’s pointless to resist. Happy Birthday.

• May your makeup conceal your wrinkles, may your hair dye not fade, may this be the first of many 40^th Birthdays!
• So I hear it’s your ten-year anniversary of being born- times 4. Congrats and Happy birthday!
• They say the real secret to staying young is to just lie about your age. So how old are you really? I guess we’ll never know- anyway, happy 40^th (airquotes) birthday.
• On your 40^th Birthday, you might feel old. You might be right. Happy Birthday!
• It’s your 40^th Birthday! Time to celebrate another year of applying icy hot to a new place!

• Today is your 40^th Birthday! See? I thought of you. You’re welcome!
• Happy 40^th Birthday to the oldest, I mean wisest, person that I know!
• Who is that old man sitting next to me? Oh, it’s you! Happy 40^th Birthday!
• Today, avoid all mirrors. You don’t need that old woman keeping you down. Happy 40^th Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Oldie!

• If there is one thing that’s great about turning 40, it’s this: you can blame anything and everything on having a mid-life crisis. Congrats and happy birthday.
• All I know is that today you are so hot you are, how should I say it…. FORTY-LICIOUS! Yeah, that’s it. Happy birthday.
• If life was a piece of cake we’d have no need to celebrate birthdays. So even though you’re forty I’m glad we can eat cake now and not feel guilty. Happy birthday.
• F is for the word Forty- but… um…. I know you may not be thinking along the same lines. Happy birthday anyway. Think positive. It might help.
• Here’s how you really know you’re forty: when Facebook is just another means to spy on your kids. Happy 40^th birthday, lovely.
• When all you say starts with “when is was younger” you know you’re in the forties. Sorry, kiddo. Happy birthday.
• Now that you are forty what better time to knock things off your bucket list? You better do it now before you actually kick THE bucket. Happy fortieth.

Someone’s turning 40 today. Well, definitely not me…

40-year-old Celebrity Status

• Like Taylor, you have always been able to “Shake It Off.” May your birthday be full of joy and free of worries!
• Jennifer Aniston isn’t the most beautiful woman in the world, you are! Happy 40^th Birthday to someone who is truly breathtaking!
• Letting you know, on your 40^th birthday, that you are more beloved and important to me, than Kanye is to himself.
• You are strong like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and equally exciting! Happy 40^th Birthday!
• I didn’t know we were holding a birthday party for Charlize Theron! Happy 40^th Birthday!

• Wow! Now that you’re forty maybe you might finally when that Oscar… or not. Good luck and happy birthday.
• You’re a star to me, no matter what others may see. Happy 40^th birthday!
• Some say that life is a book and nothing in it makes sense until you turn forty- so maybe Hollywood is where you belong after all. Happy 40^th birthday to the only celebrity I know.
• Ok, now that you’re forty it’s officially time to let go of all those celebrity crushes. I mean, now that you’ve arrived you’re practically a celebrity yourself! Happy birthday to my star friend on your 40^th.
• Oh Lord, oh Lord, please make my friend famous soon… forty plus un-famous is too much for one person. Amen. Good luck and happy birthday.

40 is the new 25: You’re Still So Young!

• Life holds so many wonderful experiences, that they don’t stop at a particular age. On your 40^th Birthday, remember that there is still so much to see, do, and wish for!

• At 40, your life is still developing into one that is vigorous. May this special day be marked with occurrences that only serve to lift you up!
• May the level of vitality that marks your 40^th birthday, encourage you to accomplish even more. May the years you have beyond it, continue to reflect your growth, as a person!
• Being 40 means that you have experienced enough to know what you want and are still young enough to go after it. I hope that you acquire everything that you pursue!

Happy Birthday! Being 40 means that you have experienced enough to know what you want and are still young enough to go after it. I hope that you acquire everything that you pursue!

• Turning 40 is the start of a new phase in your life! You will bring a fresh approach to all that you do, indicating that the best is yet to come!
• Your 4^th decade is still a short period of time in your existence. May you use this day to envision all of the places that you wish to travel to, and believe that it is possible!
• On your 40^th Birthday, may you honor the youthful quality that you possess of viewing life with enthusiasm and initiative!
• 40 is a limitless age. You have many options to choose from. My birthday wish is that you explore all of them and choose what is best for you.
• Holy crap! You’re how old? No way- you don’t look a day over thirty one. Happy birthday to a girl that still blows the guys out of the water. Have a stellar 40^th!
• Happy birthday to a guy that doesn’t look forty at all- you just look hot. Happy 40^th.

• Now that you are forty, I say we screw the rules and go party! After all, your never too old to be young, right? Happy 40^th to my youngest old friend.
• You are forty and just getting started! Didn’t you hear that forty is the teenage part of getting old. Let’s party! Happy fortieth.
• Don’t be sad. Forty is the best thing that can happen to you: it’s a wake up call. Make each day count so that when you’re fifty you can say ‘I made my life mean something.’ Congratulations and happy birthday. You’re going to do something great.

Happy 40th Birthday!

• May the fact that you have multiple years to obtain what you desire embolden you! May your 40^th birthday light a fire within you that can never be quenched!
• The anniversary of your birth is already crucial, to me. This being your 40^th, holds even more significance. You have been given an indefinite period to participate in worthwhile activities. I hope that you let nothing stop you, and that you know how crucial you really are.
• Happy 40^th Birthday! Your qualities of being honest and strong are inspiring! May the abundant years that await you, hold more chances to urge others to productivity!
• Happy 40^th Birthday! The new era you have entered is noteworthy! There is a large number of things that you have yet to observe, encounter, and undergo! May all that you gain from this be welcome and  usher great happiness into your world!

Happy 40th Birthday! Now is the time to look at the list you have made of places you want to travel to and go!

• I hold your 40^th Birthday in the highest regard! I look forward to witnessing the countless events that I know you will be a part of where you will share your warmth, humor, and goodness!
• As the occasion of your 40^th Birthday commences, revel in its true nature: that it is a display of how boundless you are! You are tied to nothing and can keep moving forward!
• 40 is a remarkable age! The way in which things take place are always fresh and without an end! May the surprises you discover always be pleasant!

• The arrival of your 40^th Birthday is a stunning testament of your identity! It serves as evidence of an individual whose vibrancy and lightheartedness is everlasting!
• Every birthday contains a moment that sets the tone for that year. Your 40^th birthday differentiates from all others, because there are multitudes of moments, representing how bountiful your life will be, beyond the date your birth.
• Happy Birthday to a person whose effervescence extends beyond your 40^th! The liveliness of your demeanor is a perfect example of eternal youth!
• May your 40^th year overflow with euphoria! May awareness of all of your gifts be realized! May the steadfastness of your mind be appreciated!
•  Happy 40^th Birthday! Now is the time to look at the list you have made of places you want to travel and go! There is much at the forefront of your existence!
• Let your 40^th birthday consists of the vivacity that is within you! Let the sincerity and aspirations of this day persevere!

Happy 40th Birthday!

• I once heard that no wise person ever wished to be younger. So I guess today makes you wiser. Happy 40^th birthday. May all your old dreams come true along with your newest wishes.
• Even though you’re older than you were yesterday, you are still younger than you’ll be tomorrow. Happy 40^th birthday. Make every day count, youngster.
• Even though you are forty, being young is a state of mind. Free yourself of tomorrow’s worry and today’s frets by loving today for all it offers you. Happy birthday on your 40^th.
• A piece of advice to a friend on your 40^th: try to be someone that will make your friends say, hey, that’s how I want to be when I’m forty. It’s the best way to stay young forever. Happy birthday to someone who makes 40 look like 20. Congrats.
• Wait, how old are you!? No way. You are way too sexy, smart, and gorgeous to be 40. Happy birthday to the hottest forty-year old I know.
• They say inside every older person is someone younger thinking: what happened!? For you, the right thing happened. Older looks good on you. Happy 40^th birthday.
• Age matters little when you make every day shine a little brighter. That’s what you’re good at doing. Happy 40^th birthday to the best person I know.
• You’re not getting old, you are just getting better- forty years worth of better. That’s pretty amazing. Happy birthday.
• You’re still so young. This year can be the best if you learn to look at it like the sun rising on a new day. Happy 40^th to you! May all your dreams come true now and forever.

Happy 40th Birthday.

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