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Heard Any Good Ones: Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1024405" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">How Old is grandma?</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: black"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: red"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Stay with this -- the answer is at the end. It will blow you away.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The Grandmother replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' television</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' penicillin</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' polio shots</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' frozen foods</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' Xerox</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' contact lenses</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' Frisbees and</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' the pill</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">There were no:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' credit cards</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' laser beams or</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' ball-point pens</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Man had not yet invented:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' pantyhose</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' air conditioners</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' dishwashers</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' clothes dryers</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' man hadn't yet walked on the moon</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Your Grandfather and I got married first, and then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir."</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, "Sir."</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centres, and group therapy.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Draft dodgers were those who closed front doors as the evening breeze started.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends -not purchasing condominiums.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CD's, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">We listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan ' on it, it was junk.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">We had 5 &10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">You could buy a new Ford Coupe for $600, but who could afford one?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">In my day:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' "grass" was mowed,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' "coke" was a cold drink,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' "pot" was something your mother cooked in and</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' "chip" meant a piece of wood,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' "hardware" was found in a hardware store and.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">' "software" wasn't even a word.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">How old do you think I am?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">I bet you have this old lady in mind. You are in for a shock!</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: red"><span style="color: red">Are you ready?????</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: red"><span style="color: red"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">This woman would be only 60 years old<span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy">,</span></span> Born in 1952<span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy">.</span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1024405, member: 1246"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=black][COLOR=black][FONT=arial]How Old is grandma? [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=red][COLOR=red][FONT=arial]Stay with this -- the answer is at the end. It will blow you away.[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=red][COLOR=red][FONT=arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][FONT=arial]One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events. The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general. The Grandmother replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before: ' television ' penicillin ' polio shots ' frozen foods ' Xerox ' contact lenses ' Frisbees and ' the pill There were no: ' credit cards ' laser beams or ' ball-point pens Man had not yet invented: ' pantyhose ' air conditioners ' dishwashers ' clothes dryers ' and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and ' man hadn't yet walked on the moon Your Grandfather and I got married first, and then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother. Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir." And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, "Sir." We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centres, and group therapy. Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense. We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions. Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege. We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins. Draft dodgers were those who closed front doors as the evening breeze started. Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends -not purchasing condominiums. We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CD's, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings. We listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios. And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey. If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan ' on it, it was junk. The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam. Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of. We had 5 &10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents. Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel. And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards. You could buy a new Ford Coupe for $600, but who could afford one? Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon. In my day: ' "grass" was mowed, ' "coke" was a cold drink, ' "pot" was something your mother cooked in and ' "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby. ' "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office, ' "chip" meant a piece of wood, ' "hardware" was found in a hardware store and. ' "software" wasn't even a word. And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap. How old do you think I am? I bet you have this old lady in mind. You are in for a shock! Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time. [COLOR=red][COLOR=red]Are you ready????? [/COLOR][/COLOR] This woman would be only 60 years old[COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy],[/COLOR][/COLOR] Born in 1952[COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy].[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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