Now --- We are not saying you are old fogies ---
However -- We think you might just get a kick out of this (if you are one).
1975: Long hair
2006: Longing for hair
1975: KEG
2006: EKG
1975: Acid rock
2006: Acid reflux
1975: Moving to California because it's cool
2006: Moving to Arizona because it's warm
1975: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2006: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
1975: Seeds and stems
2006: Roughage
1975: Hoping for a BMW
2006: Hoping for a BM
1975: Going to a new, hip joint
2006: Receiving a new hip joint
1975: Rolling Stones
2006: Kidney Stones
1975: Being called into the principal's office
2006: Calling the principal's office
1975: Screw the system
2006: Upgrade the system
1975: Disco
2006: Costco
1975: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2006: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
1975: Passing the drivers' test
2006: Passing the vision test
1975: Whatever
2006: Depends
Now - Just in case you weren't (yet) 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 (2006):
- The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1987.
- 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 television.
- 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.
Do you feel old yet?
Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list.
WARNING " Old fogie disclaimer" Larger Font Types may be required, (but that's only for those of you who have trouble reading...)