Friday, October 3, 2025

You Are Really Old If...

 


*Your underwear is older than some of your doctors.


*You remember when most cars had no seat belts, air conditioning, or power steering.


*Boy Scouts begin helping you across the street.


*You used a slide rule in math class.


*A friend with benefits is considered to be someone who can still drive.


*You often use the phrase, “Back in my day.”


*You call young people “whippersnappers.”


*Most of the names in your little black book are followed by “M.D.”


*You remember watching “My Little Margie” on TV.


*Folks working in restaurants and department stores begin calling you “honey” and “sweety.”


*Your son or daughter is about to retire.


*Your grandchild asks if you voted for Lincoln.


*You answer your grandchild's question in the affirmative.


*You owned a Roy Rogers lunchbox.


*You can read cursive writing.


*You remember when churches were usually full on Sundays.


*You had teachers with paddles who were more than willing to use them.


*A hot bowl of soup trumps a hot date.


*A nap is the most rewarding part of the day.


*Any person under the age of sixty you call a “kid.”


*Someone compliments your turtleneck sweater, but you're not wearing one.


    *Your “get up and go” has “gotten up and left.”


*The children and grandchildren think “your” music stinks.


*You think their music should be outlawed.


*You grew up listening to Lawrence Welk.


*Most of your exercise comes during the night when you go to the bathroom several times.


*You really start to believe your youthful years were the “good old days.”