Saturday, October 18, 2025

You're a Young Whippersnapper if...


*You have never driven a car with a standard transmission.


*You never owned a black and white TV set.


*You've never made a call from a telephone booth.


*You do not know what a telephone booth is.


*You never owned an automobile without air conditioning, power brakes, and power steering.


*You never bought a Bing Crosby record.


*You have no idea what a record is.


*You have never heard of Bing Crosby.


*You don't remember the Ed Sullivan Show.


*Your parents or grandparents didn't force you to watch the Lawrence Welk Show on Saturday nights.


*When a kid, you couldn't buy candy “cigarettes” and “cigars” made from bubble gum.


*You attended a middle school instead of a junior high.


*Your teachers didn't own and use paddles.


*You have never heard of Bazooka Joe.


*You have never read Mad Magazine.


*You have never slept in the basement on hot summer nights.


*You didn't watch the Roy Rogers Show on Saturdays.


*You don't remember ladies wearing can-cans under their dresses.


*The highlight of your day is not a nap.


*Your doctors are older than your underwear.


* Instead of doctors, police officers are telling you to slow down.


*Due to grade inflation, all your school classmates' grades were above average.


*Your children are not yet retired.


*Your neck does not yet look like a turtle neck sweater.


*You still have more hair on your head than in your ears.


*A friend with benefits is not a person who can still drive.


*You didn't fall asleep while reading this article. 

5 comments:

  1. According to your article, I am no longer a young whippersnapper!

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  2. What is a Bing Crosby?

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  3. I did not fall asleep while reading the article. Does this mean I'm still young?

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  4. I once saw a telephone booth in England. What a strange concept!

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  5. I am no longer a young whippersnapper, but being old certainly beats the alternative!

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