1977 (sent to me by my older sister)

This is sent only to those whose level of maturity qualifies at least most
of you to relate to it... Enjoy!

(Feel free to send it to someone OLDER if you're too young to remember
1977!)

1977 : Long hair
2007 : Longing for hair


1977: KEG
2007: EKG



1977 : Acid rock
2007 : Acid reflux



1977 : Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2007 : Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor


1977 : Seeds and stems
2007 : Roughage


1977 : Hoping for a BMW
2007: Hoping for a BM



1977 : Going to a new, hip joint
2007 : Receiving a new hip joint



1977 : Rolling Stones
2007: Kidney Stones


1977 : Screw the system
2007: Upgrade the system




1977 : Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2007: Children begging you to get their heads shaved




1977 : Passing the drivers' test
2007: Passing the vision test



1977 : Whatever
2007: Depends

Thanks for the laugh and I will surely pass this on.....if I remember in the morning! :sarcasm:

Diminishing a group of people.

I don't wear Depends.

I don't need a new hip joint.

I don't worry any more about BMs than you do.

I do know a great many experienced, intelligent, fascinating, energetic, committed, involved elders.

I don't post jokes stereotyping gays or people of color.

Elders should not be stereotyped or portrayed as weak, frail, or "hoping for a BM".

Gads.

Why do you think there is something diminishing about being weak, frail, or having digestive irregularities? I'm all that and not yet 50, and it doesn't change my value as human being one bit, nor does it change the value of my parents, who are considerably more frail. But it does make for daily opportunities to have a good laugh at myself. The '77/'07 joke almost certainly originated with someone who has been throwing out calendars from the time Peter Max was plastered on their walls, just like the menopause jokes that get emailed me always--always!--come from women of a "certain age."