Post by ricobrognia on Sept 9, 2008 8:58:58 GMT -5
(didnt write this)
you won't walk into the place where you once knew every bartender
on a first name basis because "there's too many kids there"
Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned
the English language
Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to
piss you off by calling you "sir" or "ma'am"
you ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran
Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video
you know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song
you have begun to lust after women (or men) that it would be
socially inappropriate for you to date due to their age
you remember the first time "Space: Above and Beyond" aired - it
was called "Battlestar Galactica"
songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day
going to keg parties no longer involves hiding out in the woods
when the cops show up
you're starting to get that "why aren't you married yet" shpiel,
not just from parents, but now from friends that are married
When somone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy
Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end
you remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from
the first scene.
three words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound
familiar?
you remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone
for the weekend"
you remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV
a predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid"
while in high school, you and all your friends discussed
elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and
play "1999" by Prince over and over again
you remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was
you, yes you, sat down and memorized the entire lyric sheet to
"It's the end of the world as we know it"
you took family trips BEFORE the invention of the mini-van. You
rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind
you.
you watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you're older,
you really understand that it would have been much better had you
known about drugs at the time
you've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the
following phases:
- "When I was younger"
- "You know, back when..."
- "Because I SAID so, that's why"
- "Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
you can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" DIDN'T
involve 49,000 selections to choose from
you're starting to view getting carded to buy alcohol as a GOOD
thing, and you're ready to marry the next person who cards you when
you want to buy cigarettes.
at one point during your teenage years, you walked with a
noticeable tilt to one side due to the number of plastic rings on
that arm
"Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs
when you first heard it at a school dance
the first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during
"Crazy for You" by Madonna
there were at least three people in your school that voluntarily
went by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" or "Dexter"
you ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons
you used to hold in your head the thought that all those gold
chains on Mr. T actually looked kinda cool and the thought that Mr. T
made millions seemed rational to you at the time
you're still occasionally suffering flashbacks from your 21st
birthday party
you're starting to dread you're 30th birthday, and have even
begun going into denial about it's possibility
you're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all,
and it's those people over 40 you have to look out for
you freaked out when you found that you now fall into the "26 -
50" age category on most questionnaires
your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something
which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting"
this timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life:
Star Wars opens, you are still in single digit ages, and you think
the creatures are WAY cool. Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in
early double digit ages, and you are convinced that the special
effects are much better, the characters are cool, and you want one of
every collectible out there. Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you
are now a teenager, and you cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's
breasts or
HanSolo's butt. You fantasize forever and ever about it, and send off to
join every fan club for them on the planet, hanging posters, photos,
and
"teen"-type magazine spreads all over your walls and lockers at school.
you're starting to believe (now that it wouldn't affect YOU) that
maybe having the kids go to school year-round wouldn't be such a bad
idea after all
you're doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining to your
major degree
you're finding that you just don't understand more than half the
lingo used on MTV any more
(mostly guys on this one) sex is still as much fun as it used to
be, and you're still really interested in it, but you just want to
make sure there's nothing really good on cable that you'd be missing
first
you ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon
U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now
you spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman or
Wonder Woman or the Six Million Dollar Man
you had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding (on General
Hospital)
you know who shot J.R.
this rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
you won't walk into the place where you once knew every bartender
on a first name basis because "there's too many kids there"
Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned
the English language
Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to
piss you off by calling you "sir" or "ma'am"
you ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran
Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video
you know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song
you have begun to lust after women (or men) that it would be
socially inappropriate for you to date due to their age
you remember the first time "Space: Above and Beyond" aired - it
was called "Battlestar Galactica"
songs by Debbie Gibson still haunt you to this day
going to keg parties no longer involves hiding out in the woods
when the cops show up
you're starting to get that "why aren't you married yet" shpiel,
not just from parents, but now from friends that are married
When somone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy
Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end
you remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from
the first scene.
three words: "Atari" "IntelliVision" and "Coleco". Sound
familiar?
you remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone
for the weekend"
you remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV
a predominant color in your childhood photos is "plaid"
while in high school, you and all your friends discussed
elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and
play "1999" by Prince over and over again
you remember when music that was labeled "alternative" really was
you, yes you, sat down and memorized the entire lyric sheet to
"It's the end of the world as we know it"
you took family trips BEFORE the invention of the mini-van. You
rode in the back of the station wagon and you faced the cars behind
you.
you watched HR Puffenstuff as a child, but now that you're older,
you really understand that it would have been much better had you
known about drugs at the time
you've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the
following phases:
- "When I was younger"
- "You know, back when..."
- "Because I SAID so, that's why"
- "Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
you can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" DIDN'T
involve 49,000 selections to choose from
you're starting to view getting carded to buy alcohol as a GOOD
thing, and you're ready to marry the next person who cards you when
you want to buy cigarettes.
at one point during your teenage years, you walked with a
noticeable tilt to one side due to the number of plastic rings on
that arm
"Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs
when you first heard it at a school dance
the first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during
"Crazy for You" by Madonna
there were at least three people in your school that voluntarily
went by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" or "Dexter"
you ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons
you used to hold in your head the thought that all those gold
chains on Mr. T actually looked kinda cool and the thought that Mr. T
made millions seemed rational to you at the time
you're still occasionally suffering flashbacks from your 21st
birthday party
you're starting to dread you're 30th birthday, and have even
begun going into denial about it's possibility
you're starting to believe that maybe 30 isn't so old after all,
and it's those people over 40 you have to look out for
you freaked out when you found that you now fall into the "26 -
50" age category on most questionnaires
your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something
which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting"
this timeline appropriately describes actual events in your life:
Star Wars opens, you are still in single digit ages, and you think
the creatures are WAY cool. Empire Strikes Back opens, you are now in
early double digit ages, and you are convinced that the special
effects are much better, the characters are cool, and you want one of
every collectible out there. Return of the Jedi hits the theaters...you
are now a teenager, and you cannot get your eyes off Princess Leia's
breasts or
HanSolo's butt. You fantasize forever and ever about it, and send off to
join every fan club for them on the planet, hanging posters, photos,
and
"teen"-type magazine spreads all over your walls and lockers at school.
you're starting to believe (now that it wouldn't affect YOU) that
maybe having the kids go to school year-round wouldn't be such a bad
idea after all
you're doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining to your
major degree
you're finding that you just don't understand more than half the
lingo used on MTV any more
(mostly guys on this one) sex is still as much fun as it used to
be, and you're still really interested in it, but you just want to
make sure there's nothing really good on cable that you'd be missing
first
you ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon
U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now
you spent endless nights dreaming about being the Bionic Woman or
Wonder Woman or the Six Million Dollar Man
you had ringside seats for Luke and Laura's wedding (on General
Hospital)
you know who shot J.R.
this rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
