You know you're old when...
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I am only 27 but I realised that I am old when the radio station I've been listening to for years played a song that made me say out loud 'wtf is that *kitten*?' and I had to turn it off. It was some really, really, exceptionally stupid 'song' that just kept repeating 'bubble butt' over and over again. O_O The feck?
So yeah, I am old now.0 -
...when some of the people responding to the "you know you're old when" topic are young enough to be your children!0
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When your kids look at your old LPs and ask what they are...
The same as above with VHS tapes, diskettes, and the first Mario brothers game for nintendo
My 17yo son W, who has a taste for rock n' roll music of the 70's, recently bought a turn-table. My husband offered to let my son go through his collection of LP's from back in the day. W made a day of it and went home with about 3 doz albums. He posted about on FB and said "my stepdad gave me a bunch of albums, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and some band called "Nazareth". Got a kick outta that!
My kids (11 y.o. twins) were fascinated by my LPs and how they worked. "How did you get music in the car then?" my son said.
I ended up taking them to my dads house so they could hear some of the albums on his turntable. It was great to see that! 0 -
1. When some young whippersnapper gives you the senior citizen discount at a store and you know you don't qualify for it based on age.
2. When you use the word whippersnapper.
3. When you say something and you look around for your parents and realize it was coming out of your mouth.
4. The first time you say 'GET OFF MY LAWN".
Hahaha! I've been calling young people "whippersnappers" since high school.
I'm also always peering through my blinds and mumbling at my neighbors' children when they're being loud and playing in my yard.
The other day my fiance and I were driving down the interstate and there was a car with some kids (ages 18 - 19ish) and I said "Let's get passed this car... I don't trust those hooligans." So yeah... being old isn't just about age I guess
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When you start to use yellow sticky cards for 'all I need to do tomorrow', when kids are annoying you and the radio is always bit to loud0
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When you turn on the popular music station and are like "what is this noise?"
I'm only 25 but I find myself wondering what is going on with music today. Also, i have noticed a lot of music i grew up on the "lunchtime throwback". When they start referring to my music as "classics" I am truly felling old.0 -
When you get that first dreaded invitation to join AARP. Which means my son is old at the age of 20 because he got an invitation at teh age of 20. Ooops.0
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When all your nieces & nephews, who you swore was just knee high, are now taller than you, dating, & about to graduate high school.
When Nirvana is now considered "Classic Rock."
When you make an 80s movie reference & nobody gets it. :frown:0 -
When you're buying a video game and the clerk assumes it's for your kid ....0
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When you realize you've been out of highschool for four years.hollly efff.
LOL I was "out of high school for four years" 31 years ago0 -
When every car you drove was rear wheel drive, had either a straight six or a V-8 (big block or small block) and ran on regular LEADED gasoline that only cost well under $1/gal .....
Your phone was on a "party" line ......not a cell tower. And you HAD to cook your popcorn and oatmeal on the stove .......0 -
When you watch a music video of that song by David Byrne and St. Vincent and you laugh wondering "Who's that old guy acting all David Byrne-y." Then you realize it IS David Byrne...0
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You know you're old when..
I dunno, but I've learned:
Never waste and erection.
Never pass a bathroom.
And NEVER trust a fart.0 -
When you realize you've been out of highschool for four years.hollly efff.
Try 12. :indifferent:0 -
I have to do a double take when I hear 80's music on the oldies station...0
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You consider buying MGMT tickets online, but it's $83 for two tickets and you reminisce about paying $5 to see They Might Be Giants play at your college.
And then you say, oh well, I don't want to stand around with the obnoxious hipster kids who listen to MGMT anyway (even though I like them, too)...the fiance and I could have a nice dinner out, with wine, and see a film all for that money.0 -
body parts can predict weather.. accurately lol0
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When you realize you've been out of highschool for four years.hollly efff.
LOL I was "out of high school for four years" 31 years ago
Exactly! I've been out of high school for 18 years, and I'm always flattered when people think I am a college student - even though they could mean a non-traditional college student - since I graduated from college 13 years ago this summer :-D0 -
When you get the 2 day hangover...ugh.
^^ this.0 -
When student drivers and kids with their first jobs look like they're in the fifth grade.
I also had to explain what camera film was to my 10 year old the other day.0 -
Um... Depeche Mode will ALWAYS be worthy of airplay... regardless of the format!0
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When you realize you've been out of highschool for four years.hollly efff.
4? ...I'm a little closer to a decade...haha
Try my kid just graduated from my high school.....4yrs lol0 -
and everyone at my daughters highschool knows who "the who" is....0
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The generation gap. What a timeless human experience!
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When your youngest childs next birthday is the age you were when you had him:sad:0
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When you're at work doing a study on one of the guys working on the dock and think he's kinda cute... then find out he's the same age as your DAUGHTER.0
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My sister found a t-shirt that says "Am I old or is the supermarket playing some great music lately?" I laughed and then thought that, sadly, I think I'm aging.
When I get super excited about a station that just plays 80's and 90's music the same way my dad got super excited when he found a station when I was little that played 60's and 70's.
When the movies I grew up with are advertised as "new classics."0 -
when your son turns 16 and officially leaves school
when you realise all the cool slang words you used to use when you was younger have been replaced by new ones that don't make sense to you
when you ask your son if he has ever used a public phone box and he laughs and holds up his mobile phone (no basically)
when pocket money is now provided with notes instead of coins (i remember being chuffed with 50p, my son would give it back if i offered him that now)0 -
The first-year lawyers hired at my law firm are young enough to be my children. When I started at the firm, they were prospective dates. Ugh.0
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The first time you yell at a cloud! :laugh:0
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