You know you're getting old when . . .

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 7:58 am

With all the talk of birthdays lately, I was realising just how "un-hip" I have become. So complete the following sentence:

You know you're getting old when . . .

The stuff on the radio ceases to be "music" and becomes "noise".

Your prom song is on the oldies station.

A buddy tells you he has a cracked game and you think he copied the code wheel that matches the elvish symbol with the dwarvish rune.

You remember K-Tel adds of TV offering your choice of LP, cassette or 8-track.

Every good show on television was brought to you by the letters K, A and the number 3.

You remember when Tori Spelling dyed her hair brown.

In the good old days, they had to knock out Inspecta Collect when Hannibal wanted to fly somewhere.

Everybody loved Brian Piccolo (and he looked a lot like James Caan).

Pong was just like the real thing.

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 8:57 am

...when someone addresses you with "Excuse me, sir," instead of "Hey, boy..."

... you're dead drunk with just "a couple of beer" instead of "a couple of cases."

... you go to a disco not to dance but to "just stay cool," scour the area and just hunt.

... you worry/get disgusted about tax.

... you finally realize the pain your parents had when they raised you.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 10:21 am

Originally posted by Maharlika:
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... you worry/get disgusted about tax.
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hmmm - then I would have been old since I was 13-14 years old

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 10:31 am

...When you start telling stories of "The Goold Ole' Days"

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 10:36 am

......you start to talk with "Back then......"

......you losing your Spamming ability drasticly

......you lose your spam sense and make another pack against it

......you realise you lurk too much

......you start blaming all things around you, and nothing is right in front of your eyes.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 11:42 am

How about . . .

Beer not only breaks a sweat, but gets warm.

You start missing Letterman's Top 10 because midnight is "just too late."

You stop buying vodka that is on the bottom shelf at ABC.

Your kids start changing your diaper.

CM · Post by CM » Mon Dec 03, 2001 12:57 pm

Man this is funny!!

.......... When the great classics are all black and white and silent.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 1:54 pm

...When "Chesty LaRue" was actually a porn star, and not an insult.

McBane · Post by **McBane** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 1:55 pm

A night out is dinner, and maybe a movie.

When you and your friends do go to a bar, at some point in the evening you will all be drinking water.

CM · Post by CM » Mon Dec 03, 2001 2:26 pm

........... Going out doesn't entail you ending up in the hospital on a regular basis!

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 3:54 pm

...Sex isn't considered an "extreme sport"

...You start to shop with "regularity" on your mind

...you create a website devoted a CRPG based in a fantasy realm

...Your log in name involves sleep

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 4:42 pm

Originally posted by HighLordDave:
<STRONG>You know you're getting old when . . .</STRONG>

You have good friends that were born the same year you got your NES.

Only those older than you get your puns that refer to shows such as M*A*S*H.

Here's one that applies to a friend of mine who was wearing size 16 shoes by the time he was 15-years-old. "You're age is higher than your shoe size."

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 5:03 pm

Originally posted by Aegis:
<STRONG>...Your log in name involves sleep </STRONG>

With age comes wisdom, so the hobo on the bench told me

Curdis · Post by **Curdis** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 5:25 pm

You meet someone after a party and you say 'That was a hell of a party I don't remember the last time I threw up (from drinking too much) after a party!'

You check the dance floor for obstacles before you do a knee slide during your lead solo.

The bulge in your 'preening rock god levis' is hanging over your belt not under it.

The walking stick you bought as a joke when your friend turned thirty comes in handy.

-Curdis

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 6:55 pm

...you look down at your bed, and you're still on it, dead.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 7:05 pm

...The arm that got shot in Nam isn't the only limp appendage...

Maharlika · Post by **Maharlika** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 10:33 pm

...you WERE in Nam.

*looks down at Fable's post* sorry for the delay. haven't been around during this time after. by the time I got back this thread was too thick for me to notice.

Apologies, Fable

. Point taken.

[ 12-09-2001: Message edited by: Maharlika ]

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 10:36 pm

...you thought as a kid that Agent Orange was a cooler drink than Tang.

Um, @Maharlika, I have friends who suffer from the after-effects of Agent Orange.

Hell, I had a friend who died from cancer at a very young age as a result.

I find your humor appaling in its tastelessness. I write that, not as a moderator on this board, but as a human being who finds everything funny about death, but nothing funny at all about things that take the life away from people.

[ 12-03-2001: Message edited by: fable ]

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 10:43 pm

What was this agent Orange stuff?

fable · Post by **fable** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 10:51 pm

Agent Orange was a "herbicide" developed by the US Department of Defense, for use in Vietnam. It was supposed to cut back the jungle, making it harder for guerilla warfare. Within a couple of years after the war, vets who had been exposed to Agent Orange were exhibiting a range of symptoms, though most seemed to experience lassitude, glandular difficulties, and highly lethal cancers at a very young age: sarcoma, lymphoma, and several skin diseases. The US Defense Department repeatedly denied this, even after a committee of the Institute of Medicine claimed there was hard evidence linking the chemicals used in Agent Orange with these cancers. To date, no action has been taken.