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SharonAnn

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4. My story/joke is not longer funny becasue only oldsters understand it.

Reply to SCantiGOP (Original post)

Tue Jan 2, 2018, 12:37 PM

Jan 2018

In 1994 when my granddaughter asked me to bring her the phone and I said I couldn't, she asked "Why". I said "Because the cord isn't long enough." She paused and asked "Why does it have a cord?" That was when I realized that her generation may not have seen or used what we used to consider "standard" phones.

It's no longer funny because hardly anyone has them any longer and anyone under 40 may not have ever seen or used them.

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My son lost his cable TV [View all] SCantiGOP Jan 2018 OP

Yeah back when you didn't have to pay for cable to watch live sporting events. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2018 #1

My equivalent of the had to walk to school in the snow story SCantiGOP Jan 2018 #2

And you had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #3

My story/joke is not longer funny becasue only oldsters understand it. SharonAnn Jan 2018 #4

I know SCantiGOP Jan 2018 #6

And you had to read fiction Bob Loblaw Jan 2018 #5

+1000 trof Feb 2018 #7

Tweaking the 'rabbit ears'. trof Feb 2018 #8