30
Years Difference
1972: Long hair
2002: Longing for hair
1972: The perfect
high
2002: The perfect high
yield mutual fund
1972: KEG
2002: EKG
1972: Acid rock
2002: Acid reflux
1972: Moving to
California because it's cool
2002: Moving to
California because it's warm
1972: Growing pot
2002: Growing pot belly
1972: Trying to look
like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2002: Trying NOT to
look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
1972: Seeds and stems
2002: Roughage
1972: Killer weed
2002: Weed killer
1972: Hoping for a
BMW
2002: Hoping for a BM
1972: The Grateful
Dead
2002: Dr. Kevorkian
1972: Going to a
new, hip joint
2002: Receiving a new
hip joint
1972: Rolling Stones
2002: Kidney Stones
1972: Being called
into the principal's office
2002: Calling the
principal's office
1972: Screw the
system
2002: Upgrade the
system
1972: Disco
2002: Costco
1972: Parents
begging you to get your hair cut
2002: Children begging
you to get their heads shaved
1972: Passing the
drivers' test
2002: Passing the
vision test
1972: Whatever
2002: 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
1983. 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 the year 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 do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is.
McDonald'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 in your life.
Richard D’Andrea Dover
In His
Steps Ministries
Previous
Jokes
To the world, you may
just be somebody...but to somebody, you may be the world.
Bill Wilson, Metro Ministries