1975 vs 2005

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This is being sent only to those whose level of maturity qualifies them to relate to it...


1975: Long hair

2005: Longing for hair​


1975: KEG

2005: EKG



1975: Acid rock

2005: Acid reflux



1975: Moving to California because it's cool

2005: Moving to Arizona because it's warm



1975: Tryin to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

2005: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor



1975: Seeds and stems

2005: Roughage



1975: Hoping for a BMW

2005: Hoping for a BM



1975: Going to a new, hip joint

2005: Receiving a new hip joint



1975: Rolling Stones

2005: Kidney Stones



1975: Being called into the principal's office

2005: Calling the principal's office



1975: Disco

2005: Costco



1975: Parents begging you to get your hair cut

2005: Children begging you to get their heads shaved



1975: Passing the drivers' test

2005: Passing the vision test



1975: Whatever

2005: Depends


Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things..

The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1987.

They are too young to remember the first space shuttle blowing up on liftoff.


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 on your list. Notice the larger type...​

 
How about 1973 VS. 2006?

Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1973 -Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.

2006 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.

1973 -Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1973 - Jeffrey is sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.

2006- Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a whipping.

1973- Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2006 - Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister tells a state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself, and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.

1973- Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2006 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1973: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and goes to college.

2006: Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given a diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English.

+++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.

1973 - Ants die.

2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

+++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary, hugs him to comfort him.

1973 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.
 
the truth, unfortunately

ain't that about a bitch...
 
bowtieman55 said:
ain't that about a bitch...
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Only in america! Sorry but that is a sad state of affairs. Makes me wonder if the end is near....

Original Post was great!
 
The best reading is always something that has happened.
I graduated High School in 1980

I remember the principle stealing a "chaw" out of my back pocket

I remember when it was an excused absence or Tardy, when you went Deer hunting before school, and was late

I remember when I was asked what load I was shooting, and what kinda gun(never seen the principles though)

I remember when 8 tracks, cassettes and CD come out.

I remember when you left your keys in the car, so you didn't have to search for them

I remember dad giving me $5 to take in for a fill up, and waiting on change

I remember Milk at $.79 a gallon

I remember only the rich had a Mobil phone

I remember Maxwell Smart had one in his shoe, it was a rotary phone!

I remember eating meals with my family, at the table, and we talked about everything

I remember Riding a bike anywhere in town I wanted, on the sidewalks

I remember when the public pool, was the ONLY pool

I remember when Thanksgiving meant killing a hog

I remember when $2 allowance bought a hot dog at the pool, with a drink, paid to get into the movie, and a comic book on the way home.

I remember not having a shower, only a big claw foot tub

I remember drying my hair over the furnace grate

I remember bell bottoms, the first time

I remember when the Brady's were hip

I remember when the SS Minnow run aground

I remember American Bandstand

I was in High School when I first "heard about cable TV or HBO

I remember the first steps on the moon

I remember vaguely, President Kennedy being shot

I remember the cool shoes were converse all stars, Puma, Adidas. You hope your parents wouldn't make you wear Jeepers from Sears, or Cuda's from Rose's

I remember when Mom bought Sears Tough skins, because they already had a patch on the inside of the knee

I remember when gas had lead in it

Man the list goes on. Ok time for my Geritol
 
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