I reproduce an exchange of instant messages exchanged with a young friend.
Me: I would like to take a crack at your new status bar message.
YF: Please do.
Me: At my age and situation in life, that is the only place where it can be.
YF: What?
Me: It.
YF: I don’t understand.
Me: I am not surprised.
YF: Why?
Me: You have a long way to go before you reach my age and hopefully never my situation.
YF: I still don’t understand.
Me: Okay, go offline and think for a while and if you still cannot come up with the answer, come back to chat. Bye for now.
YF, After thirty minutes: You are impossible. I have changed my status message.
Me: Why? It applies to me, not to you.
YF: Ha! Ha!!
Me: Now go and do something about it. Bye.
YF: Yes Sir! Bye.
The Challenge: What could the status message have been that generated this exchange?
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