A Little Levity

April 4, 2011
DeKalb Bar Feature

Just in case you weren’t feeling too old today: The people who are starting college this fall were born in 1992.  

They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.  
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.  
The CD was introduced two years before they were born.  
They have always had an answering machine.  
They have always had cable.  
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.  
Popcorn has always been microwaved. 
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.  
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.”  
McDonald’s meals never came in Styrofoam containers.  
They don’t have a clue how to use a typewriter.
 Pass this on to the other old fogies on your list.

I received the above email, as I have received many similar for various graduating classes over the years, and came up with a few of my own. Please send in your comments and any other remembrances that this generation may not be aware of:

The concerns when Lucy and Desi had their own TV show as a bi-cultural married couple.
Star Trek was too controversial for television and, though popular, was cancelled quickly.
A television season used to have 26 original episodes and a commercial was a full 60 seconds.
World War I was supposed to be “the war to end all wars”!
Cokes used to come in small green bottles, and you put salted peanuts in them for a lot of fizz and salty flavor.
Moon Pies and GooGoo Clusters.
Schools and colleges have always been desegregated.
There have always been ATM or debit cards.
People at the bank used to know your name when you walked inside.
Dogs could run the neighborhood and usually came back either 1) when the kids got home from school, or 2) at feeding time.
Kids used to run the neighborhood and when the weather was good, they lived outdoors all day and only went home for dinner and again when the sun went down.