Posted: 12 Dec 2002, 14:36
Students starting University this year were born in 1983 or 1984. They are called "youth".
* They have never heard of "We are the World, We are the Children..."
And the Uptown Girl" they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel.
* They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena or Belinda Carlisle.
* For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam.
* AIDS has existed since they were born.
* CD's have existed since they were born.
* They've never bought a record
* Michael Jackson has always been white.
* They've never heard of the miner's strike
* When you talk about the war, they're thinking about the Gulf War
* To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance.
* They believe that Charlie's Angels and m*****n Impossible are just new films out last year.
* They can never imagine life before computers.
my head hurts too much, can't be arsed deleting all the punctuation thingies
> > * They've never heard of Pac-Man or Space Invaders or BBC computers
> > that have Bat n Ball games.
> > * They'll never have thought Insignia was the sexiest aftershave ever.
> >
> > * They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, Red Hand Gang or
> > Famous Five.
> > * They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't
> > You...
> > * They can't believe a black and white television ever existed and
> > don't even know how to switch on a TV without a remote control.
> > * They don't believe you when you say there used to be only three TV
> > channels
> > * And they will never understand how we could leave the house without
> > a mobile phone.
> >
> > OK, so that's today's youth. Now let's check if we're getting old...
> >
> > 1. You understand what was written above and you smile.
> > 2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night
>out.
> >
> > 3. Your friends are all married. Or have been!
> > 4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably
>with
> > computers.
> > 5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.
> > 6. You've developed more and more feelings about your work. It's now
your
> > life.
> > 7. You spend less and less time talking on phone with your friends each
> > day.
> > 8. You meet your friends from time to time (often at funerals), talking
> > about the good old days, repeating again and again all funny stories you
> > have experienced together.
> > 9. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some
other
> > friends. You think they will like it too.
> >
> > Yep, we're getting old!
* They have never heard of "We are the World, We are the Children..."
And the Uptown Girl" they know is by Westlife not Billy Joel.
* They have never heard of Rick Astley, Bananarama, Nena or Belinda Carlisle.
* For them, there has always been only one Germany and one Vietnam.
* AIDS has existed since they were born.
* CD's have existed since they were born.
* They've never bought a record
* Michael Jackson has always been white.
* They've never heard of the miner's strike
* When you talk about the war, they're thinking about the Gulf War
* To them John Travolta has always been round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a god of dance.
* They believe that Charlie's Angels and m*****n Impossible are just new films out last year.
* They can never imagine life before computers.
my head hurts too much, can't be arsed deleting all the punctuation thingies
> > * They've never heard of Pac-Man or Space Invaders or BBC computers
> > that have Bat n Ball games.
> > * They'll never have thought Insignia was the sexiest aftershave ever.
> >
> > * They'll never have pretended to be the A Team, Red Hand Gang or
> > Famous Five.
> > * They'll never have applied to be on Jim'll Fix It or Why Don't
> > You...
> > * They can't believe a black and white television ever existed and
> > don't even know how to switch on a TV without a remote control.
> > * They don't believe you when you say there used to be only three TV
> > channels
> > * And they will never understand how we could leave the house without
> > a mobile phone.
> >
> > OK, so that's today's youth. Now let's check if we're getting old...
> >
> > 1. You understand what was written above and you smile.
> > 2. You need to sleep more, usually until the afternoon, after a night
>out.
> >
> > 3. Your friends are all married. Or have been!
> > 4. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably
>with
> > computers.
> > 5. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.
> > 6. You've developed more and more feelings about your work. It's now
your
> > life.
> > 7. You spend less and less time talking on phone with your friends each
> > day.
> > 8. You meet your friends from time to time (often at funerals), talking
> > about the good old days, repeating again and again all funny stories you
> > have experienced together.
> > 9. Having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some
other
> > friends. You think they will like it too.
> >
> > Yep, we're getting old!
