FORUM FUN FEATURE!! How To Annoy Baby Boomers

[Bumper]

63 Ways To Annoy Baby Boomers

1. Ask them: “Now that you’re over thirty, what’s it like not trusting yourself?”
2. Wear A “Woodstock Folk Festival Security” t-shirt.
3. Laugh at photos of them in love beads.
4. Ask them for a job.
5. Quote Repo Man.
6. Ask them about the future of the Canada Pension Plan, or Social Security.
7. Tell them you find a lot to admire about Brian Mulrooney, or Richard Nixon.
8. Drive down their suburban streets with the rap cranked up.
9. Don’t give them the extra hot sauce they asked for.
10. Remind them of their lost youth.
11. “You were at Woodstock? So what?”
12. Ask them if “Burlington Brown” really was better than “Acapulco Gold”.
13. Go to school. Study real hard. Become a teacher. Teach their children.
14. Go see Easy Rider and laugh at inappropriate times.
15. Pretend you don’t know who Ringo Starr is.
16. Give intentionally bad service at your McJob.
17. Ask them if they really lived in a commune.
18. “All that debauchery, don’t you feel cheap?”
19. Ignore them.
20. Ask about “free love” when you arrive to pick up their daughter for a date.
21. Point out that all of the characters in The Big Chill were incredible losers. Ditto for Thirtysomething.
22. When at your deli counter job, spike their olive bread and goat cheese sandwich with acid.
23. Laugh like crazy when they tell you they paid $125 to have someone dress up like Barney and entertain their kids for an hour at a birthday party.
24. Ask them why Americans didn’t want to elect a president who didn’t serve in Vietnam, but felt it was okay to spit on the soldiers who did.
25. Offer an entree called a World Wildlife Fund burger - onion, lettuce, tomato, mayo, on toasted sourdough with “no beef”.
26. Tell them you don’t care where they were when Kennedy was shot.
27. Ask them where they were when the Challenger blew up.
28. ”I don’t see why there had to be a war in Vietnam. Why couldn’t we just let the South Americans solve their own problems?”
29. Ask them if they’ve been honing their computer skills because, you know, times are changing rapidly, and YOU GOT TO KEEP UP!!
30. “Strawberry Alarm Clock?” Isn’t that something pregnant women are always having cravings for?”
31. Remind them of Laugh In.
32. So, did you really vote for Pierre Elliot Trudeau or Richard Nixon?
33. Point out that your rent is less than their property taxes.
34. Remind them how expensive it is to get a house painted these days.
35. Dig up picture of them wearing technicolour polyester leisure suits. Distribute them freely.
36. “You know, when I started school, tuition was about $15,000, but by the time I graduated it was up to $23,000. I wonder how much it will be by the little Timmy is ready for college?”
37. Call attention to his toupee.
38. “Yeah, Neil Young’s great, but those other three guys really sucked.”
39. “The Rolling Stones? Aren’t they the band that did the really lame cover version of Devo’s Satisfaction?”
40. Ask them why Pete Townsend didn’t die before he got old.
41. Do a doughnut on their lawn in your broken-down pickup truck.
42. Point out that Generation Xers will be teaching their remaining children.
43. “Wow! Mini vans have the highest recall rate of any passenger vehicle. I wonder what’s wrong with them?”
44. 1 computer nerd + 1 computer = 3.5 middle managers.
45. Ask them about the Human Resource Optimization course they took in MBA school.
46. “What did Roy Orbison do before being discovered by The Travelling Willburys?”
47. Sing “In the year 2525, CPP/Social Security will no longer be alive”.
48. “Chappa-WHAT-ick?”
49. “What was life like before Velveeta?”
50. “CSNY? That’s the clothing store in New York, right?”
51. When they refer to Woodstock, say: “Well, I like Snoopy better. He didn’t talk with those stupid exclamation points.”
52. If you are in a very large metropolitan area, attend a concert sponsored by a radio station in a large public venue (like Central Park in New York City). Note the attendance and comment on the behaviour of the crowds. Compare it to Woodstock.
53. At social gatherings, ignore them completely and talk computers with their kids.
54. Next time they mistake you for a clerk / salesperson, direct them to an imaginary customer service department by way of a poorly-marked fire escape.
55. Alternatively, mistake them for a clerk / salesperson and ask them where the personnel department is.
56. Poke your umbrella through the spokes of their infant’s four-wheel-drive baby stroller.
57. Ask them if they have found themselves yet.
58. Ask them why they let geeks in info-mmercials rip them off by selling them overpriced CD’s of music they already have.
59. Graduate from Kent State. Join the National Guard.
60. Go to their favourite gourmet restaurant. Ask the people at the next table what you have to do to get some ketchup in a dump like this.
61. Point and laugh hysterically at people in BMW’s. “Hey, what’s it stand for? Big Money Waste?”
62. Become a whitewater rafting “adventure guide”. Smile a lot and get paid absurd amounts of money to soak Boomers literally and figuratively.
63. Simon and who?

[sctx]

#5 ... It happens some time... people just explode... natural causes

.... Do you ever feel as if your brain is beginning to erode ???

..... What about our relationship... Huh ??? ... WHAT ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP??? ... relationship??? F#**@ that !!!!

and the infamous

..... John Wayne was a fag ........Noooooooo waaaay..... yes he was yous guys

[Critter]

#24 Hits close to home, almost got arrested in San Francisco becuse of that...

[sctx]

Originally Posted by Critter

#24 Hits close to home, almost got arrested in San Francisco becuse of that...

I assume you were the spittee and no the spitter... typical Mike Wallace reaction maybe ???

[Critter]

Let's just say that two of San Francisco's finest grabbed me as I wa running after my little friend. We had a nice long talk, well they talked and I listened - mostly.

[STOGEY]

What was wrong with Nixon?

[Bumper]

Originally Posted by STOGEY

What was wrong with Nixon?

Basically...he got caught, mostly.

[sctx]

Originally Posted by Bumper

Basically...he got caught, mostly.

Yep... he should have run for office in Mexico and everything would have been fine !!!

[Lil G]

Hi Sir Bump....Can you give me the answers on #30 and #50??? Also, I thought velveeta has alway been around? How do you make grild cheese without it?

[Critter]

Not Bumper, but for you an answer:

At the height of the "Flower Power" era of psychedelic music in the mid sixties, Strawberry Alarm Clock gave us one of classic rock's most memorable songs, 1967's, "Incense and Peppermints". Formerly known as The Sixpence, this California based group was originally made up of Ed King (lead guitar), Lee Freeman (rhythm guitar), Gary Lovetro (bass), Mark Weitz (organ), and Randy Seol (drums).

The story of the song, "Incense and Peppermints," is a fascinating one. The recording was initially intended as a 'b-side' and the lead vocal is actually that of a friend of the band, 16 year old Greg Munford, who was just hanging around during the session. He was not even a regular band member, but ended up singing a tune that would rocket to number one in the United States and sell over a million copies. Despite this success, Munford never actually joined the group.

Before recording their full-length debut album, the band added a second bass guitarist, George Bunnell, who was also an accomplished songwriter who's contributions enhanced a style that coupled hippie trappings with enchanting melodies and some imaginative instrumentation.

In the summer of 1967, The Strawberry Alarm Clock contributed music to the film "Psych-Out", as well as appearing in it. Gary Lovetro left the band before they recorded their second album, "Wake Up It's Tomorrow", which also appeared in 1967. Between 1968's album, "The World In A Seashell" and 1969's "Good Morning Starshine" the band went through a number of line-up changes which undermined the band's direction.

Although they remained together until 1971, the Strawberry Alarm Clock was unable to regain its early popularity and saw only limited success on the singles chart with "Tomorrow" and "Sit With The Guru".

Ed King later joined Lynyrd Skynyrd, while several of his former bandmates reunited during the 80s for a succession of "summer of love revisited" tours. Their memory would be brought to the forefront again in 1997 when "Incense And Peppermints" was featured in the first Austin Powers movie.

[Critter]

#50 is allong the same lines:

CSNY = Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

[Lil G]

Originally Posted by Critter

#50 is allong the same lines:

CSNY = Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Thanks Crit...I should have figured out #50, but the other one didn't have a clue!!

[Critter]

I drew a blank as well, so I had to look it up on the internet.

[Lil G]

Originally Posted by Critter

I drew a blank as well, so I had to look it up on the internet.

Well, I had a blank on both.....thanks for the update. You know how hard it is to keep up with Bumper!

[roni]

How come the Lemon Pipers and the 1910 Fruit Gum Company aren't on the list