August 30, 2011 - 10:22 am
It’s that time of year again. School is in full swing and cops are dolling out expensive school zone tickets.
This year’s high school seniors were born in 1994. If you an old man like me, that is a jarring statement. Let’s put that in perspective, shall we?
This year’s high school seniors were born the same year that these movies were released:
Pulp Fiction
Speed
Forest Gump
Dumb and Dumber
Lion King
The following TV shows were cancelled before these kids were born:
The Cosby Show (1992)
The Wonder Years (1993)
Saved By the Bell (1993)
Star Trek TNG (1994)
These kids have never…
“Rolled down” a car window.
“Dialed” a rotary phone. (For that matter, phones have not required a cord in their life time.)
Used a library card catalog (with actual cards).
Used an answering machine with a cassette tape inside.
Listened to a cassette tape.
Heard Ed McMahon say, “Heeeeeere’s Johnny!”
For their entire lives…
The Hummer has been available to civilians.
Wal-Mart has always had Super Centers offering groceries.
Blue Man Group has always been doing weird things with plumbing.
Food has always been packaged with “Nutritional Information.”
The term “school shooting” has always been a part of the American vernacular.
The internet has been widely available, but they’ve never heard a modem dial up.
If you don’t feel old after reading all that… get off my lawn and turn that racket down!! Ya dern kids.
