How Times Have Changed
Jerry Rahill sent these for all to enjoy.
Then 1966 |
Now 2016 |
Long hair |
Longing for hair |
KEG |
EKG |
Acid rock |
Acid reflux |
Moving to California because it’s cool |
Moving to Arizona because it’s warm |
Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor |
Trying not to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor |
Seeds and stems |
Roughage |
Going to a new hip joint |
Receiving a new hip joint |
Rolling Stones |
Kidney Stones |
Screw the system |
Upgrade the system |
Disco |
Costco |
Parents begging you to get your hair cut |
Children begging you to get their heads shaved |
Passing the driver’s test |
Passing the vision test |
Whatever |
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 1998:
· 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 7 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.
· 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. is
· Mc Donald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
· They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
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