Posted on 09/28/2004 2:57:44 PM PDT by rdb3
...OLD! And here's proof. Every year Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin publishes what it calls "The Mindset List"--fun facts and figures about the incoming crop of freshmen so professors will be able to relate to their new students.
So to better understand how the class of 2008 thinks, read this and feel your age:
1. Most students entering college this fall were born in 1986. 2. Desi Arnaz, Orson Welles, Roy Orbison, Ted Bundy, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Cary Grant have always been dead. 3. "Heeeere's Johnny!" is a scary greeting from Jack Nicholson, not a warm welcome from Ed McMahon. 4. The Energizer bunny has always been going and going and going. 5. Large fine-print ads for prescription drugs have always appeared in magazines. 6. Photographs have always been processed in an hour or less. 7. They never got a chance to drink 7-Up Gold, Crystal Pepsi, or Apple Slice. 8. Baby Jessica could be a classmate. 9. Parents may have been reading "The Bourne Supremacy" or "It" as they rocked them in their cradles. 10. Alan Greenspan has always been setting the nation's financial direction. 11. The U.S. has always been a Prozac nation. 12. They have always enjoyed the comfort of pleather. 13. Harry has always known Sally. 14. They never saw Roseanne Roseannadanna live on "Saturday Night Live." 15. There has always been a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 16. They never ate a McSub at McD's. 17. There has always been a Comedy Channel. 18. Bill and Ted have always been on an excellent adventure. 19. They were never tempted by smokeless cigarettes. 20. Robert Downey, Jr. has always been in trouble. 21. Martha Stewart has always been cooking up something with someone. 22. They have always been comfortable with gay characters on television. 23. Mike Tyson has always been a contender. 24. The government has always been proposing we go to Mars, and it has always been deemed too expensive. 25. There have never been any Playboy Clubs. 26. There have always been night games at Wrigley Field. 27. Rogaine has always been available for the follicularly challenged. 28. They never saw USA Today or the Christian Science Monitor as a TV news program. 29. Computers have always suffered from viruses. 30. We have always been mapping the human genome. 31. Politicians have always used rock music for theme songs. 32. Network television has always struggled to keep up with cable. 33. O'Hare has always been the most delay-plagued airport in the U.S. 34. Ivan Boesky has never sold stock. 35. Toll-free 800 phone numbers have always spelled out catchy phrases. 36. Bethlehem has never been a place of peace at Christmas. 37. Episcopal women bishops have always threatened the foundation of the Anglican Church. 38. Svelte Oprah has always dominated afternoon television; who was Phil Donahue anyway? 39. They never flew on People Express. 40. AZT has always been used to treat AIDS. 41. The international community has always been installing or removing the leader of Haiti. 42. Oliver North has always been a talk show host and news commentator. 43. They have suffered through airport security systems since they were in strollers. 44. They have done most of their search for the right college online. 45. Aspirin has always been used to reduce the risk of a heart attack. 46. They were spared the TV ads for Zamfir and his panpipes. 47. Castro has always been an aging politician in a suit. 48. There have always been non-stop flights around the world without refueling. 49. Cher hasn't aged a day. 50. M.A.S.H. was a game: Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House.
Get on with your nasty self! :>)
Born in the late 50's here.
..or have a 3 martini lunch!
My sisters and I wore white gloves and hats to church when we were real little, I still remember that. We had tiny purses too. I used to fill my purse with rocks and hit boys with it. ;)
Baseball games have always been played at night, in lighted ball parks. Specifically, the world series was always played at night.
Hell, I got shotguns older'n you.
Hell, I got shotguns older'n me.
Great Screen name :)
I was so fortunate to have Ronald Reagan President during most of High School and College. What a positive, dynamic influence to grow up with!
Or ride a bicycle without a brain bucket.
Or that a BB gun, modeling glue, firecrackers, a box of Strike On Anything Matches, five or six assembled model planes and ships and a sack of green Army Men made for a wickedly fun and destructive summer afternoon with your friends.
Jack.
I remember Laugh In. I also had the patent leather shoes, black, of course. That was Ruth Buzzy and Arte Johnson in the 'old lady on the bench' skit.
One of my favorite memories (circa 1972) was sitting under a big orange and yellow umbrella on a hot, sunny day. It was on a round pinic table in our back yard. I played cards with about 3-4 of the neighbor kids and my sisters. Mom made us lemonade.
51. The 'Constitution and 'Bill of Rights' have ALWAYS been mere quaint, irrelevant documents, of no more than momentary historical interest.
You really are old aren't you?:))
You are just old, not ancient like Tube Bender is.
1971?? HA! I graduated from high school that year!!!
Good God, I was born in the 50's, when the dinosaurs roamed the earth.
This group is younger than our Brady Boomers...I feel really old (1962)
Ooh, I was just graduating high school when these whippersnappers were born. That's a low blow.
I really, really miss Apple Slice. That stuff was great.
BTTT!!!!!!!
I have shoes older than you.
Sadly, I am not joking.
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