Things you never thought you' d say!
Things you never thought you' d say!
#1Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 3:38pm
This thread is especially for the "little bit older" folks.
Remember when you were young and you heard your parents and relatives say things that you thought were so corny you had to cringe? And do you find yourself saying them now?
LOL - I just heard myself saying to the hot trainer at my gym - "You're lucky I'm not 20 years younger, young man!" OY VEY
And I keep saying to the young kids "When I was your age......"
Has anyone else found themselves saying those things?
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#2Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 3:40pm"I can remember" as in "I can remember when I felt lucky to have 25 cable channels!" or "I can remember when there were no Double Quarter Pounders!"
#2Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 3:40pm
When I was a kid and my elders would only listen to "their music" I would say "I am always going to stay with the times and listen to current music."
Yeah. I mostly listen to 80s and early 90s music. *sigh*
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#3Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 3:41pm
You don't need to be "older" to laugh when you say/hear "Oscar winner Mo'nique".
However, richly deserved the award was (and it most certainly was).
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#4Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 3:42pmMo'nique won an Oscar? Why I can remember when we thought it was ridiculous that Marissa Tomei won one!
#5Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 3:46pmCan you believe what kids are wearing nowadays?
Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#6Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 3:48pm
I sometimes call people my age or younger "kids". Even though I'm 22, so I am a bit young... 
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
#7Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 3:53pmI say "beauty parlor" all the time. And get this - the stylists who work there were once called "operators."
#8Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 3:57pmI still "tape" shows I want to watch.
#9Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 4:05pmI still put food in the ice box. And I'm not nearly old enough to have ever even seen an ice box. I just picked the term up from my parents and grandparents.
#10Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 4:06pm
^ I do that too. (I mean taping stuff on a VCR.) I've heard teens say that they couldn't do things like apply to college without the internet. I actually filled all my applications out by hand and mailed them because it was just easier to send everything at once.
#11Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 4:12pm
"ice box" - that's funny, artscallion!
One thing my aunt said the other day that I refuse to say is "dungarees."
#12Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 4:19pmI still say "dial" from force of habit.
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#13Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 4:27pm
"You didn't see Glynis in the original Night Music?"
#14Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 5:11pmSimilar to DayDreamers's revelation, when I realized I didn't want to keep up with the latest internet phenomenons like ChatRoulette or Twitter (ok, caved on that, but I check it maybe once a week). Sad that I consider that a de-evolution.
Wanting life but never knowing how
#15Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 5:16pmI don't see a post by Dottie.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#16Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 5:23pmWhen I tell my son "Because I said so" because I really don't feel like going into detail about why I don't want him to do something. Or there really is not good reason.
#17Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 5:46pm
Whoops, sorry, DayDreamer. 
Wanting life but never knowing how
#18Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 5:49pmI'm no fan of rap/hip hop to say the least. There are times when I wonder if it's my age when I say it isn't really music!
#19Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 8:01pm
I say things like that all the time to my students. "When I was your age...", "I remember when there was no internet...", "When I was a kid we didn't have..." and I'm only 26.
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#20Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 8:07pmYou kids don't know what music is. Disco! That was music!
#21Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 8:10pmLOL- Disco is my favorite music, I have to admit it!
AwesomeDanny
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/09
#22Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 8:12pm
I already say "when I was your age" and I'm only thirteen! "When I was your age, I didn't have my own cell phone" "When I was your age, I didn't use social networking websites". I am just shocked at the number of elementary school students with cell phones and facebook accounts. That doesn't mean you're getting old if I say it, too.
Jane, I always say the same thing about rap/hip-hop not being music. I seem to be the only person at my school who thinks this way. It's not your age.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#23Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 8:13pmI seriously don't want my elementary school child having a cell or a FB account!
#24Things you never thought you' d say!
Posted: 3/16/10 at 8:19pm
A first grader was caught with a note about oral sex, when asked where they had heard about it they said from the people who call them on their cell phone when they gave their number out to older kids they'd met at the skating rink...
The child's mom and dad had NO CLUE who she was talking to on her cell phone. That's right- a 6 year old receiving unsupervised calls on her own personal cell phone.
When I was her age my Barbie didn't even have a cell phone... 
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