Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Thirty years differ

This is more geared towards American baby-boomers than European... what the hell am I? Is there a word for people born in the sixties?
But it's funny and well observed.


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

3 comments:

Urban Sasquatch said...

As a child of 1967 who's old enough to know that sometimes it's not the years but rather the mileage, I found that your post delivered quite a chuckle!

karrde said...

And I feel old when I realize that half the people I know never had to use DOS...

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

I narrowly escaped that, but I still enjoy that tee-shirt... C:\DOS\RUN. marvelous pun.