1972: Long hair
2012: Longing for hair
1972: KEG
2012: EKG
1972: Acid rock
2012: Acid reflux
1972: Moving to California because it's cool
2012: Moving to Arizona because it's warm
1972: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2012: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
1972: Seeds and stems
2012: Roughage
1972: Hoping for a BMW
2012: Hoping for a BM
1972: Going to a new, hip joint
2012: Receiving a new hip joint
1972: Rolling Stones
2012: Kidney Stones
1972: Screw the system
2012: Upgrade the system
1972: Disco
2012: Costco
1972: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2012: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
1972: Passing the drivers' test
2012: Passing the vision test
1972: Whatever
2012: 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 1993.
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 yearsbefore 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 have no idea who J.R. Is, much less care who shot him.
Mc Donald'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. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading..
2012: Longing for hair
1972: KEG
2012: EKG
1972: Acid rock
2012: Acid reflux
1972: Moving to California because it's cool
2012: Moving to Arizona because it's warm
1972: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2012: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
1972: Seeds and stems
2012: Roughage
1972: Hoping for a BMW
2012: Hoping for a BM
1972: Going to a new, hip joint
2012: Receiving a new hip joint
1972: Rolling Stones
2012: Kidney Stones
1972: Screw the system
2012: Upgrade the system
1972: Disco
2012: Costco
1972: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2012: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
1972: Passing the drivers' test
2012: Passing the vision test
1972: Whatever
2012: 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 1993.
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 yearsbefore 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 have no idea who J.R. Is, much less care who shot him.
Mc Donald'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. Notice the larger type, that's for those of you who have trouble reading..
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