Sad but true

[bedpan]

What a difference 30 years makes:

1973: Long hair

2003: Longing for hair

1973: The perfect high

2003: The perfect high yield mutual fund

1973: KEG

2003: EKG

1973: Acid rock

2003: Acid reflux

1973: Moving to California because it's cool

2003: Moving to California because it's warm

1973: Growing pot

2003: Growing pot belly

1973: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

2003: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

1973: Seeds and stems

2003: Roughage

1973: Popping pills, smoking joints

2003: Popping joints

1973: Killer weed

2003: Weed killer

1973: Hoping for a BMW

2003: Hoping for a BM

1973: The Grateful Dead

2003: Dr. Kevorkian

1973: Going to a new, hip joint

2003: Receiving a new hip joint

1973: Rolling Stones

2003: Kidney Stones

1973: Being called into the principal's office

2003: Calling the principal's office

1973: Screw the system

2003: Upgrade the system

1973: Disco

2003: Costco

1973: Parents begging you to get your hair cut

2003: Children begging you to get their heads shaved

1973: Taking acid

2003: Taking antacid

1973: Passing the drivers' test

2003: Passing the vision test

1973: Whatever

2003: Depends

Just in case you weren't feeling old enough after reading this, the following will certainly help. 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 that year's incoming freshmen.

The people who started college this past fall (2002) across the nation were born in 1984.

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.

Michael Jackson has always been white.

McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.

They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.

Do you feel old yet?

[Good_Queen_Bess]

I have to keep reminding myself that I AM closer to 20 than 40 (only JUST), so I am lucky!

[funnygirl_rn]

Oh yeah!

[jnette, ASN, EMT-I]

Excellent !!!! Hee........:)

[debbyed]

Well an earlier joke brighted my day but yours sure brought in a few clouds.........:chair:

[bedpan]

awwwwwwww - i'm sowwyyyyyy!!!!

[redshiloh]

I remember making a joke about Hogan's Heros(remember them?) And the entire staff at the nurses' station just gave me this blank look. That's when i started to feel pretty darn ancient!

[bedpan]

"I remember making a joke about Hogan's Heros(remember them?) And the entire staff at the nurses' station just gave me this blank look. That's when i started to feel pretty darn ancient!"

I know nothingggggggg!

(That was my best Sgt. Schultz impression btw!)

[Dixen81]

I remember making a joke about Hogan's Heros(remember them?) And the entire staff at the nurses' station just gave me this blank look. That's when i started to feel pretty darn ancient!

That is tooooo funny! I remember Hogan's Heroes very well! Thanks for the laugh!

[Monica RN,BSN]

Yup... feelin old... daughter got driving permit last weekend.. Guess that is a sign of old age for me... Hummmm.... I am going to go check in the mirror for grey hairs now...

[jnette, ASN, EMT-I]

yeh... but that' nothing. Know hwat's REALLY scary? When you realize that it won't be long 'til your kids are older than you !!!