*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.
According to your article, I am no longer a young whippersnapper!
ReplyDeleteWhat is a Bing Crosby?
ReplyDeleteI did not fall asleep while reading the article. Does this mean I'm still young?
ReplyDeleteI once saw a telephone booth in England. What a strange concept!
ReplyDeleteI am no longer a young whippersnapper, but being old certainly beats the alternative!
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