Older Than Dirt Quiz:Count all the ones that you remember- not the ones you were told about!Ratings are at the bottom.1. Blackjack chewing gum2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water3. Candy cigarettes4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottle 5. Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers7. Party lines8. Newsreels before the movie9. P.F. Flyers 10. Butch wax11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive -6933) 12. Peashooters 13. Howdy Doody 14. 45 RPM records 15. S&H Green Stamps 16. Hi-fi's 17. Metal ice trays with lever 18. Mimeograph paper 19. Blue flashbulb 20. Packards 21. Roller skate keys 22. Cork popguns23. Drive-ins 24. Studebakers 25. Wash tub wringersIf you remembered 0-5 = You're still youngIf you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your! age, If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt! :confused:
RN-PA, RN 626 Posts Specializes in Med-Surg, Long Term Care. Jun 14, 2002 I'm older than dirt. I got a "17"... :imbar
cbs3143 110 Posts Jun 14, 2002 23 out of 25. I never had roller skates or a Packard, but otherwise, yeah I'm older than dirt.Chuck
Editorial Team / Admin dianah, ASN 9 Articles; 3,822 Posts Specializes in RETIRED Cath Lab/Cardiology/Radiology. Has 48 years experience. Jun 14, 2002 Yup! Got 15. What's that they say about aging??? As I get older, like fine wine, I grow complex and fruity . . . -- -- D
Sleepyeyes 1,244 Posts Jun 14, 2002 Yup; and we probably had the oldest studebakers in the US.... drove 'em right up til the med- 60's
Brownms46 1 Article; 2,394 Posts Specializes in Everything except surgery. Has 27 years experience. Jun 14, 2002 What is butch wax?? I don't remember Blackjack chewing gum and I don't know what Packards is either...but I remember almost all the rest! Groann! Older than dirt. And geeze some of these I had forgot about! Party lines...Lord!!
moonchild20002000 288 Posts Specializes in OB/GYN,L&D,FP office,LTC. Has 36 years experience. Jun 14, 2002 Older than Dirt! I remember all except the chewing gum!
NurseDennie, BSN, RN 723 Posts Jun 14, 2002 I'm older than dirt!! I always thought I was one day *younger* than dirt! The only thing I don't remember are the washers with wringers. I mean, I've SEEN them, but never actually had one in the family, I don't think. I think I played with one in a vacation house one time or another, though.I remember blackjack gum - you really had to be in the mood for it, but I think I'd like it more now that I'm adult than I did at the time. I also remember something that wasn't on the list! I SWEAR I remember running down the street behind a truck that delivered ice, with a bunch of other kids, begging the guy in the truck for ice chips. My father and grandmother said that there was NO WAY that I remember that, but I remember it vividly.One of the places we lived, they delivered UNHOMOGENIZED milk, too! Ewwww, that was yeuchhy!! I would never take the first two or three glasses from those bottles - they were GREASY with cream.. EwwwwwwwwwLoveDennie
allnurses Guide JBudd, MSN 1 Article; 3,836 Posts Specializes in Trauma, Teaching. Has 42 years experience. Jun 19, 2002 Yep, older than dirt, but what was the question?:zzzzz My kids ask what position I played in Little League, and was aghast at being told GIRLS weren't allowed to play when I was young.
sbic56, BSN, RN 1,437 Posts Specializes in Obstetrics, M/S, Psych. Has 24 years experience. Jun 19, 2002 17 here, too. Old and diggin' it!!
KaraLea, LVN 225 Posts Jun 19, 2002 I posted this quiz in the first place and I only got 5...I guess I am younger than I feel.
debbyed 566 Posts Specializes in ER, Hospice, CCU, PCU. Jun 19, 2002 And THIS is the test I get 100% on???? Life just isn't fair!!!
