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TODAY IS:

The Oldtimer’s Club

PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, just for the fun of it, with a random picture every week. The first contribution for our new “Off Topic” category is for those of us mature enough to relate to it…

1978: Long hair
2010: Longing for hair

1978: KEG
2010: EKG

1978: Acid rock
2010: Acid reflux

1978: Moving to California because it’s cool
2010: Moving to Arizona because it’s warm

1978: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2010: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

1978: Seeds and stems
2010: Roughage

1978: Hoping for a BMW
2010: Hoping for a BM

1978: Going to a new, hip joint
2010: Receiving a new hip joint

1978: Rolling Stones
2010: Kidney Stones

1978: Screw the system
2010: Upgrade the system

1978: Disco
2010: Costco

1978: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2010: Children begging you to get their heads shaved

1978: Passing the drivers’ test
2010: Passing the vision test

1978: Whatever
2010: Depends

And just in case that didn’t make you feel 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 1992.

  • 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 2 years before 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.

Do you feel old yet?

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  1. Doonesbury July 27th, 2010 7:32 am

    Ha! Here’s some more!
    ‘OLD’ IS WHEN…
    Your sweetie says, ‘Let’s go upstairs and make love,’ and you answer, ‘Pick one; I can’t do both!’

    ‘OLD’ IS WHEN…
    Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you’re barefoot.

    ‘OLD’ IS WHEN…
    A sexy babe catches your fancy and your pacemaker opens the garage door,

    ‘OLD’ IS WHEN…..
    Going braless pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.

    ‘OLD’ IS WHEN…
    You don’t care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don’t have to go along.

    ‘OLD’ IS WHEN…
    You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police

    ‘OLD’ IS WHEN…
    ‘Getting a little action’ means you don’t need to take any fiber today.

    ‘OLD’ IS WHEN…
    ‘Getting lucky’ means you find your car in the parking lot.

    ‘OLD’ IS WHEN…
    An ‘all nighter’ means not getting up to use the bathroom.

    AND

    ‘OLD’ IS WHEN…
    You are not sure these are jokes!