1976 vs 2006
This is sent only to those whose maturity qualifies them to relate to it...
1976: Long hair
2006: Longing for hair
1976: KEG
2006: EKG
1976: Acid rock
2006: Acid reflux
1976: Moving to California because it's cool
2006: Moving to Arizona because it's warm
1976: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2006: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
1976:
seeds and stems
2006: Roughage
1976: Hoping for a BMW
2006: Hoping for a BM
1976: Going to a hip new joint
2006: Getting a new hip joint
1976: Rolling Stones
2006: Kidney stones
1976: Down with the system
2006: Upgrade the system
1976: Disco
2006: Costco
1976: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2006: Children begging you to get their heads shaved
1976: Passing your driver's test
2006: Passing the vision test
1976: Whatever
2006: 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 in the fall of 2005 across the nation were born in 1987.
They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
Pop bottle caps have always been plastic screw-off tops.
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 have no idea what hard contacts are.
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
They have never heard:
"Where's the beef?"
"I'd walk a mile for a Camel."
"De plane, Boss, de plane!"
They don't care who shot JR and have no idea who JR was.
Their McDonald's food never came in styrofoam containers.
NOT original to me
~Tina
