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:
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!
And I feel old when I realize that half the people I know never had to use DOS...
I narrowly escaped that, but I still enjoy that tee-shirt... C:\DOS\RUN. marvelous pun.
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