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To see how old you are, count all the
things that you remember,
not the ones you were told about. Ratings at the bottom.
1.
Blackjack chewing gum
2. Wax
Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3.
Candy cigarettes
4. Soda
pop machines that dispensed glass bottles
5.
Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
6. Home
milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
7.
Party lines
8.
Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F.
Flyers
10.
Butch wax
11.
Telephone numbers with a word prefix (OLive-3-6933)
12.
Peashooters
13.
Howdy Doody
14. 45
RPM records
15. S&H
Green Stamps
16.
Hi-fi's
17.
Metal ice trays with lever
18.
Mimeograph paper
19.
Blue flashbulbs
20.
Packards
21.
Roller skate keys
22.
Cork popguns
23.
Drive-ins
24.
Studebakers
25.
Wash tub wringers
26. Dimmer
light switch on the floorboard
27.
Ignition switch on the dashboard
28.
Trading cards strapped to bicycle spokes
If you remembered
0-5
= You're still young
If you remembered
6-10
= You are getting older
If you remembered
11-15
= Don't tell your age,
If you remembered
16-28
= You're older than dirt!
II
guess I'd have to say I'm older than dirt, but I sure miss those
simpler times!
I might be older than dirt but those memories are the best
part of my life. |