You Know you're too young when...

[DrDln]

You say what is tape recorder?

Who is Walter Cronkite or Marilyn Monroe?

You cannot balance your checkbook without calculator.

You ask who cares to drive Volkswagen bug?...

[CazMar]

I love it when I play music with some teenage students - to them Mozart, Bach, the Beatles and Glen Miller are all from the same era! They enjoy playing most "old music", but to them it is all "old music".

[howyoudoin]

when your responses to "you know you're too old when" threads consist of references to electronic devices. (cf. corded remotes, VCRs etc)

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by DrDln

You cannot balance your checkbook without calculator.

You mean, "What are checks?" Can't even remember when I used the last one...

[AnneT]

Originally Posted by CazMar

They enjoy playing most "old music", but to them it is all "old music".

In Dutch, ancient music (Medieval, Renaissance...) is called 'oude muziek', old music.

Once, when I opened a deskdrawer, the father of the family I had in my office, looking at the CD's I had there (it was before MP3-age), asked: "What kind of music do you listen to?"
"Well," I said, "Mostly barock and ancient music (oude muziek)."
And the son exclaimed: "That's like my father... He has lots of ancient music too, like Abba and the like..."

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by howyoudoin

when your responses to "you know you're too old when" threads consist of references to electronic devices. (cf. corded remotes, VCRs etc)

Wow, first time in ages someone said I was too young!

[rhadin]

you don't know enough to say please and thank you

you don't hold open a door for an elderly or disabled person

you think twitting -- sorry, meant tweeting -- 140 characters equals writing a novel in a known language

you consider Facebook your friend

[CazMar]

Originally Posted by AnneT

In Dutch, ancient music (Medieval, Renaissance...) is called 'oude muziek', old music.

Once, when I opened a deskdrawer, the father of the family I had in my office, looking at the CD's I had there (it was before MP3-age), asked: "What kind of music do you listen to?"
"Well," I said, "Mostly barock and ancient music (oude muziek)."
And the son exclaimed: "That's like my father... He has lots of ancient music too, like Abba and the like..."

Yes - that's it!

[DrDln]

Originally Posted by rhadin

you don't know enough to say please and thank you

you don't hold open a door for an elderly or disabled person

you think twitting -- sorry, meant tweeting -- 140 characters equals writing a novel in a known language

you consider Facebook your friend

[real good ones]

You use email or texting as your way to communicate.

[RainingLemur]

When you're one of the self-entitled whiners who had their tweets compiled on this page.

http://acidcow.com/pics/27623-angry-...ey-wanted.html

[xg4bx]

Originally Posted by RainingLemur

When you're one of the self-entitled whiners who had their tweets compiled on this page.

http://acidcow.com/pics/27623-angry-...ey-wanted.html

if anyone ever wonders why the world hates americans, hand them this page of future OWS participants

[missimpossible]

Originally Posted by RainingLemur

When you're one of the self-entitled whiners who had their tweets compiled on this page.

http://acidcow.com/pics/27623-angry-...ey-wanted.html

That page really reminded me of that "My Super Sweet Sixteen" show where sometimes the people would throw a tantrum if they didn't get the exact right type and colour of car. Where do these people COME from?

[DrDln]

When you don't know what are green stamps.

[Phogg]

When you wake up in the morning in pain, and didn't have any fun the night before to get that way.

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by Phogg

When you wake up in the morning in pain, and didn't have any fun the night before to get that way.