Here are some quotes from people in the
U.S. during the 1950's.
(1). "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, its' going to be impossible to buy a weeks groceries for $20."
(2) "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long when $5000 will only buy a used one."
(3). "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous."
(4). "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?"
(5). "The Government is wanting to get its hands on everything. Pretty soon it's going to be impossible to run a family business or farm."
(6). "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store."
(7). "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 50 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage."
(8). "Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls."
(9). "Also, their music drives me wild. This `Rock Around The Clock` thing is nothing but racket."
(10). "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying `damn` in`Gone With The Wind,`it seems every movie has a `hell` or`damn in it."
(11). "Also, it won't be long until couples are sleeping in the same bed in the movies. What is this world coming to?"
(12)."Marilyn Monroe is now showing her bra and panties, so apparently there are no standards anymore."
(13). "Pretty soon you won't be able to buy a good 10 cent cigar."
(14). "I read the other day where some scientist thinks possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the of thecentury. They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas."
(15). "Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president."
(16). "Do you suppose television will ever reach our part of the country?"
(17). "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now."
(18). "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet."
(19). "It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work."
(20). "Marriage doesn't mean a thing anymore, those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat."
(21). " I'll tell you one thing. If my kid ever talks back to me, they won't be able to sit down for a week."
(22). "Did you know the new church in town is allowing women to wear slacks to their service?"
(23). "Next thing you know is, the government will start paying us not to grow crops."
(24). "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."
(25). "Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress."
(26). "Why in the world would you want to send your daughter to college? Isn't she going to get married? It would be different if she could be a doctor or a lawyer."
(27). "I just hate to see the young people smoking. As I tell my kids, "Don't take a cigarette from ANYONE. You never know what might be in it."
(28). The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."
(29). "There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel."
(30). "Anymore no one can afford to be sick, $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."
(31). "If a few idiots want to risk their necks flying across the country that's fine, but nothing will ever replace trains."
(32). "I don't know about you but if they raise the price of coffee to 15 cents, I'll just have to drink mine at home."
(33). "If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it. I'll have my wife learn to cut hair."
(34). "We won't be going out much anymore. Our baby sitter informed us she wants 50 cents an hour. Kids think money grows on trees."
(35). "Cars which dim their lights by sensors, automatic transmissions, and who knows what else? Pretty soon they will drive themselves."
1: Name the Beatles. ____, _____, ____, ____.
2 :Finish the line: "Lions and tigers and bears, _______
3: "Hey kids, what time is it?" ___ _____ _____ ____.
4: What do M&M's do? ____ ____ __ ____ , ___ ___ ____ ____
5: What helps build strong bodies 12 ways?
6: Long before he was Mohammed Ali, we knew him as _______ ____.
7:"You'll wonder where the yellow went, ____ ___ _____ ____ _____"
8: Post-baby boomers know Bob Denver as the Skipper's "little buddy." But we true boomers know that Bob Denver is actually Dobie's closest friend, M______ G. K_____.
9: M-I-C: See ya' real soon; K-E-Y: ___? _______ __ ____ ___..
10: "Brylcream: _ ______ ______ __ ___."
11: Bob Dylan advised us never to trust anyone ____ __.
12:From the early days of our music, real rock 'n roll, finish this line:"I wonder, wonder, wonder...wonder who; ___ _____ ___ ____ __ ____?"
13: And while we're remembering rock n' roll, try this one: "War...uh-huh, huh...yea; what is it good for? __________ _____."
14: Meanwhile, back home in Metropolis, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and ___ ________ ___.
15: He came out of the University of Alabama, and became one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL. He later went on to appear in a television commercial wearing women's stockings. He is Broadway _________.
16: "I'm Popeye the sailor man; I'm Popeye the sailor man. I'm strong to the finish, _____ _ ____ __ _______, I'm Popeye the sailor man."
17: Your children probably recall that Peter Pan was recently played by Robin Williams, but we will always remember when Peter was played by _________.
18: In a movie from the late sixties, Paul Newman played Luke, a ne'er do well who was sent to a prison camp for cutting off the heads of parking meters with a pipe cutter. When he was captured after an unsuccessful attempt to escape, the camp commander (played by Strother Martin) used this experience as a lesson for the other prisoners, and explained, "What we have here, __ _ _______ __
19: In 1962, a dejected politician chastised the press after losing a race for governor while announcing his retirement from politics. "Just think, you won't have _______ _____ to kick around any more."
20: "Every morning, at the mine, you could see him arrive; He stood six foot, six, weighed 245. Kinda' broad at the shoulder, and narrow at the hip. And everybody knew you didn't give no lip, __ ___ ___ ____."
21: "I found my thrill, __ _________ ____."
22: "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, ________ ___ ___." (This originated long before even the first of us boomers was born. But in order to be a true baby boomer, you have to have some breadth.)
23: "Good night, David." "_________ _________,__________."
24. "Liar, liar, _____ __ ____."
25."When it's least expected, you're elected; You're the star today. Smile! ______ __ ______ ______."
26.From our parents' day, as I recall, it was Pogo, the comic strip character, who said, "We have met the enemy, and __ __ __."
1. John, Paul, George, Ringo
2. oh, my
3. It's Howdy Doody Time!
4. They melt in your mouth, not in your hand.
5. Wonder Bread
6. Cassius Clay
7. when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent.
8. Maynard G. Krebbs
9. Why? Because we like you.
10. A little dab 'll do ya.
11. over 30
12. who wrote the book of love
13. Absolutely nothin'
14. the American way
15. Joe Namath
16. 'cause I eats me spinach
17. Mary Martin
18. is a failure to communicate.
19. Richard Nixon
20. to Big Bad John
21. on Blueberry Hill
22. wherever you are.
23. Good night, Chet.
24. pants on fire
25. You're on Candid Camera
26. he is us
Count each one you remember as one point. Score is rated below. Age Barometer.
1. Blackjack chewing gum.
2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water.
3. Candy cigarettes.
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed bottles.
5. Coffee shops with table side jukeboxes.
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 - 6933).
12. Peashooters.
13. Howdy Doody.
14. 45 RPM records.
15. S&H Green Stamps.
16. Hi-fi's.
17. Metal ice trays with levers.
18. Mimeograph paper.
19. Blue flashbulbs.
20. Beanie and Cecil.
21. Roller skate keys.
22. Cork popguns.
23. Drive-ins.
24. Studebakers.
25. Wash tub wringers.
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 16-25 = You're older than dirt!
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