Age Quiz
How old do you feel? Consider this:
- The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1980.
- The Iranian hostage crisis occurred before they were conceived.
- They have no memory of a time before MTV.
- "New Wave" is their PARENTS musical generation.
- Cyndi Lauper, Boy George, the Pretenders, and the Kinks are all old music they have heard of, if they have heard of it at all.
- They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan era.
- They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.
- Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.
- Their world has always included AIDS.
- Having not lived through the Disco Scare, they can romanticize the 1970s.
- They see Family Ties" as something middle-aged ladies watch.
- They watched Star Wars" years ago, when they were kids--on video.
- Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums and cassette audiotapes; they may have heard of an 8-track, but probably never actually seen (or heard) one.
- From their earliest years, a camera was something you used once and threw away.
- As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32 cents.
- The oil crisis is history of which they probably know nothing-- and why anyone WOULDN'T buy a Suburban is beyond them.
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YOU KNOW YOU'RE OVER THE HILL WHEN...
- You find yourself beginning to like accordion music.
- You're sitting on a park bench and a Boy Scout comes up and helps you cross your legs.
- Lawn care has become a big highlight of your life.
- Your underwear starts creeping up on you...and you enjoy it.
- You tune into the easy listening station...on purpose.
- You discover that your measurements are now small, medium and large ... In that order.
- You light the candles on your birthday cake and a group of campers form a circle and start singing Kumbaya.
- Someone compliments you on your layered look...and you're wearing a bikini.
- You keep repeating yourself.
- You start video taping daytime game shows.
- At the airport, they ask to check your bags...and you're not carrying any luggage.
- You wonder why you waited so long to take up macrame.
- Your Insurance Company has started sending you their free calendar...a month at a time.
- At cafeterias, you complain that the gelatin is too tough.
- Your new easy chair has more options than your car.
- When you do the "Hokey Pokey" you put your left hip out...and it stays out.
- One of the throw pillows on your bed is a hot water bottle.
- Conversations with people your own age often turn into "dueling ailments."
- You keep repeating yourself.
- It takes a couple of tries to get over a speed bump.
- You discover the words, "whippersnapper", "scalawag" and "by-cracky" creeping into your
vocabulary.
- You're on a TV game show and you decide to risk it all and go for the rocker.
- You begin every other sentence with, "Nowadays..."
- You run out of breath walking DOWN a flight of stairs.
- You look both ways before crossing a room.
- Your social security number only has three digits.
- You keep repeating yourself.
- You come to the conclusion that your worst enemy is gravity.
- It takes you all night to do what you used to do all night.
- You go to a Garden Party and you're mainly interested in the garden.
- You find your mouth making promises your body can't keep.
- The waiter asks how you'd like your steak...and you say "pureed."
- At parties you attend, "regularity" is considered the topic of choice.
- You start beating everyone else at trivia games.
- You frequently find yourself telling people what a loaf of bread USED to cost.
- Your back goes out more than you do.
- You keep repeating yourself.
- Cafeteria food starts tasting GOOD.
- You refer to your $2500 stereo system as "The Hi-Fi."
- You make it a point to attend all the RV shows that come to town.
- You realize that a stamp today costs more than a picture show did when you were growing up.
- Your childhood toys are now in a museum.
- Many of your co-workers were born the same year that you got your last promotion.
- The clothes you've put away until they come back in style...come back in style.
- All of your favorite movies are now revised in color.
- The car that you bought brand new becomes an antique.
- You keep repeating yourself.
- You find this list tasteless and insensitive
- You're asleep, but others worry that you're dead.
- You can live without sex but not without glasses.
- Your back goes out more than you do.
- You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
- You buy a compass for the dash of your car.
- You are proud of your lawn mower.
- Your best friend is dating someone half their age ..... and isn't breaking any laws.
- You call Olan Mills before they call you.
- Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.
- You sing along with the elevator music.
- You would rather go to work than stay home sick.
- You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.
- You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.
- You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.
- You make an appointment to see the dentist.
- You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
- Neighbors borrow your tools.
- People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you ?"
- You answer a question with, "because I said so!"
- You send money to PBS.
- The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.
- You take a metal detector to the beach.
- You wear black socks with sandals.
- You know what the word "equity" means.
- You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television.
- Your ears are hairier than your head.
- You talk about "good grass" and you're referring to someone's lawn.
- You get into a heated argument about pension plans.
- You got cable for the weather channel.
- You can go bowling without drinking.
- You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.
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