[Grovenet] A Fun Story...

Ron D'Eau Claire ron at cobi.biz
Wed Jan 30 19:35:56 PST 2008


I have no idea if this is true, but it does truly delineate the frequent
"generation gap" promoted by the younger set and does it to produce a smile!

> A very self-important college freshman attending a recent football 
> game, took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next 
> to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand 
> his generation. "You grew up in a different world, actually an almost 
> primitive one," the student said, loud enough for many of those nearby 
> to hear. "The young people of today grew up with television, jet 
> planes, space travel, man walking on the moon, our spaceships have 
> visited Mars. We have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, 
> computers with DSL, BPS, light-speed processing, and..." pausing to 
> take another drink of beer.
>
> The Senior took advantage of the break in the student's litany to 
> interject, "You're right, son. We didn't have those things when we were 
> young, ....... so we invented them. Now, you arrogant little twerp, 
> what are you doing for the next generation?" The applause was 
> resounding.

Ron D'Eau Claire 




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