Fun_People Archive
6 Feb
Baby Boom Concerns -- Can You Relate?
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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 99 15:46:36 -0800
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Subject: Baby Boom Concerns -- Can You Relate?
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Readers were asked to come up with old and new concerns for people of the
Baby Boom generation. This is their list:
Then: Getting into a new, hip joint
Now: Getting a new hip joint
Then: Moving to California because it's cool
Now: Moving to California because it's warm
Then: Hoping for a BMW
Now: Hoping for a BM
Then: Being caught with Hustler magazine
Now: Being caught by Hustler magazine
Then: Being called into the principal's office
Now: Storming into the principal's office
Then: "The Making of the President"
Now: The making of the president
Then: Getting your head stoned
Now: Getting your headstone
Then: Long hair
Now: Longing for hair
Then: Acid rock
Now: Acid reflux
Then: President Johnson
Now: The president's johnson
Then: Fighting to get rid of the lying president
Now: Fighting to keep the lying president
Then: The perfect high
Now: The perfect high-yield mutual fund
Then: Taking acid
Now: Taking antacid
Then: Elvis in the Army
Now: Elvis in a UFO
Then: Keg!
Now: EKG
Then: You're growing pot
Now: Your growing pot belly
Then: Seeds and stems
Now: Roughage
Then: Popping pills, smoking joints
Now: Popping joints
Then: Our president's struggle with Fidel
Now: Our president's struggle with fidelity
Then: Worrying about no one coming to your party
Now: Worrying about no one coming to your funeral
Then: "Going blind"
Now: Going blind
Then: Killer weed
Now: Weed killer
Then: Following the Grateful Dead
Now: Following Dr. Kevorkian
Then: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor
Now: Trying not to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor
© 1999 Peter Langston