Things that you know that kids now will probably never understand - Page 9

Coleco football. The general capacity for being awed by technology. Writing out research papers in longhand; editing with crossouts, margin scribbles, arrows and various improvised symbols; and typing the final draft on paper with a bottle of 'white-out' close at hand. Office flirtation pre-Clarence Thomas.

typewriters

dior homme by kva (i don't understand it either)

toaster pizza

tube tv's

pubic hair

three's company and it's powerful political message

The value of experience. Kids of any generation can't understand how valuable experience is because they have none. I certainly knew everything there was to know when I was younger. (of course, when they cease to be kids, this will change.)

The two martini lunch.

Does the two pint lunch count?

Playmobils rocked. Anyone else was a fan?

No.

The rotary phone was fun until you misdialed, then you gotta start over.

How about NO 24/7 TV programming?

yes, but my kids have them now. they're still around.

Test patterns. Anybody remember the Indian guy in the middle of the night?

Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Head_test_card

yes. and the creepy pixel-animated intro to the late-late show.

Definitely. I'm younger than you, and they were still going strong when I was at the right age.

Hmmmmmm, which phrase doesn't belong in this sequence?

toaster pizza? can i answer my own post?

I think this is a reference to young women's affection for shaving their nether regions bald these days. Some young'uns see bush and their eyes widen in horror: "what... is... THAT?!?!?".