We've already exposed some of the myths behind AARP's 35million membership claims, but here's one more:
AARP will accept anyone of any age a member so long as he or she knows how to write and has got $12.50.
After some FORTUNE editors managed to sign up people who were age 40 and even age 22, AARP's chief operating officer, Tom Nelson, admitted they would even sign up 7 year old:
"I don’t know how good his handwriting is. But if he sent in an application and put his birth date down accurately, we'd say to him, 'Grandson, you can be an associate member, but that's it.'
Sorry retirees: it looks like your "senior advocacy group" is about to be hijacked by a bunch of teenagers. Makes you wonder who AARP will sell out to next...
