Rokinronda
04-05-2008, 08:08 PM
only 30 years ago...........
1978: Long hair
2008 : Longing for hair
1978: KEG
2008: EKG
1978 : Acid rock
2008 : Acid reflux
1978 : Moving to California because it's cool
2008 : Moving to Florida because it's warm
1978 : Trying to look like Marlon Brando or
Liz Taylor
2009: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or
Liz Taylor
1978 : Hoping for a BMW
2008: Hoping for a BM
1978 : Going to a new, hip joint
2008 : Receiving a new hip joint
1978 : Rolling Stones
2008: Kidney Stones
1978 : Screw the system
2008: Upgrade the system
1978 : Disco
2008: Costco
1978 : Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2008: Children begging you to get their heads
shaved
1978 : Passing the drivers' test
2008: Passing the vision test
1978 : Whatever
2009: 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 this fall across
the nation were born in 1990.
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.
McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Then 1977 -NOW 2008
1978: Long hair
2008 : Longing for hair
1978: KEG
2008: EKG
1978 : Acid rock
2008 : Acid reflux
1978 : Moving to California because it's cool
2008 : Moving to Florida because it's warm
1978 : Trying to look like Marlon Brando or
Liz Taylor
2009: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or
Liz Taylor
1978 : Hoping for a BMW
2008: Hoping for a BM
1978 : Going to a new, hip joint
2008 : Receiving a new hip joint
1978 : Rolling Stones
2008: Kidney Stones
1978 : Screw the system
2008: Upgrade the system
1978 : Disco
2008: Costco
1978 : Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2008: Children begging you to get their heads
shaved
1978 : Passing the drivers' test
2008: Passing the vision test
1978 : Whatever
2009: 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 this fall across
the nation were born in 1990.
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.
McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Then 1977 -NOW 2008