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Irish
06-15-2004, 08:59 PM
30 Years difference

1973: Long hair
2003: Longing for hair

1973: KEG
2003: EKG

1973: Acid rock
2003: Acid reflux

1973: Moving to California because it's cool
2003: Moving to California because it's warm

1973: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2003: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

1973: Seeds and stems
2003: Roughage

1973: Hoping for a BMW
2003: Hoping for a BM

1973: The Grateful Dead
2003: Dr. Kevorkian

1973: Going to a new, hip joint
2003: Receiving a new hip joint

1973: Rolling Stones
2003: Kidney Stones

1973: Being called into th! e princi pal's office

2003: Calling the principal's office

1973: Screw the system
2003: Upgrade the system

1973: Disco
2003: Costco

1973: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2003: Children begging you to get their heads shaved

1973: Passing the drivers' test
2003: Passing the vision test

1973: Whatever
2003: Depends

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of this year's incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list:

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1985.

They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

The CD was introduced the year they were born.

They have always had an answering machine.
They have always had cable.

They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.

Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane".

They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

flutelady
06-15-2004, 09:07 PM
EGADS, I'm even older than I'd realized!!!

This was really good, Irish... and WAY too close to home!!

*shrugs shoulders* :D

dreamgurl
06-15-2004, 09:10 PM
alright i was born in '84 and i started college this fall, have never had an answering machine and still don't, i do remember bottle caps cause we still got glass bottles of pop till i was 5, and as far as the typewriter i have used one, many times before we got a computer and i needed a science fair project done lol :p

Coaster
06-15-2004, 09:10 PM
OH Man!........ Thanks Irish

Irish
06-15-2004, 10:25 PM
You don't realise,how much times have changed.The last few days,I have been cleaning out my garage,for complete remodeling.Under my Trash can,I swept up,a bunch,of flip-tops,
from Beer Cans.Do you realise,how long,it has been,since the flip-
tops for soda & beer,have been attached to the can?In all of the
years,that I have owned the garage,I never had a car in there.
It has always been my motorcycle shop.I worked until 2/3 many a
night & obviously drank alot of beer in there tooIf I knew that I was working late.I'd break a BlackBeauty in my hand,snort it &
chase it with a beer & drink beer ALL night.How times change!
Irish

LarryL
06-15-2004, 11:49 PM
Isn't getting old a trip? I mean, this is really fun all the changes in perception and perspective.

PantyFanatic
06-15-2004, 11:59 PM
I think his biggest changes NOW are in prescriptions. ;)







lol

denny
06-16-2004, 01:47 AM
But do you have to remind us?