[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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