Mar 28, 2011

25 Things Our Ancestors Never Said

1. Friend me
2. I’ll put you in my phone
3. Shoot me a link
4. Oh Em Gee
5. You’re on the wrong network
6. Text me
7. I need to plug in my charger
8. This will be my new screen saver
9. Did you send the attachment?
10. Just hide those annoying friends
11. What’s the GPS lady say?
12. Let’s stream the movie
13. It went straight to voicemail
14. You have to enter your secret question
15. My system crashed
16. Open a new window
17. Back it up on your hard drive
18. I will limit profile you!
19. We share minutes
20. Leave space for a retweet
21. Did you tag me?
22. I googled you
23. I need to program my remote
24. Mapquest it
25. Remember MySpace?

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41 comments

1. 1
   on March 28th, 2011 at 10:33 am
   Charlie said:

   “Apple Option Escape” was code for a military operation.
   Rebooting required actual boots.
   “My phone autocorrected ‘Vlad’ to ‘valued’.”


2. 2
   on March 28th, 2011 at 10:35 am
   MP said:

   “Just Google It”


3. 3
   on March 28th, 2011 at 10:36 am
   Lori said:

   Actually, I think my elder Italian ancestors might have said “Just hide those annoying friends” on several occasions, meaning six feet under, but still.


4. 4
   on March 28th, 2011 at 10:37 am
   the mrs said:

   Also: I just unfriended that jerk.


5. 5
   on March 28th, 2011 at 10:43 am
   Darcie said:

   And that’s why they look so miserable, right?


6. 6
   on March 28th, 2011 at 11:30 am
   WebSavvyMom said:

   –>I have no cell coverage.
   –>Create a new playlist.
   –>Is there an app for that?


7. 7
   on March 28th, 2011 at 11:40 am
   Alison said:

   Will you burn me a copy?


8. 8
   on March 28th, 2011 at 11:53 am
   Angela@beggingtheanswer said:

   Honestly, I’VE never said lots of those things. But only because I’m notoriously not “with it.” The apple doesn’t fall far from the prehistoric tree, I guess


9. 9
   on March 28th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
   Style Maniac said:

   How do you add a comment to a Retweet? Have yet to figure that out. I sometimes think smoke signals were easier than figuring out Twitter.


10. 10
    on March 28th, 2011 at 12:28 pm
    Gramps said:

    Huh??????


11. 11
    on March 28th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
    Meg at the Members Lounge said:

    Always telling everyone to Google stuff. Even Mom.


12. 12
    on March 28th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
    Olivia said:

    Have you seen her blog?


13. 13
    on March 28th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
    Wendy said:

    It goes both ways, the blank stare I got back from my chatty niece when I said “you sound like a broken record”..


14. 14
    on March 28th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
    km said:

    We skyped and her haircut looks great.


15. 15
    on March 28th, 2011 at 5:49 pm
    Jeff said:

    @Style Maniac in order to all a comment to a RT “retweet” you cannot use the RT button. You have to copy/paste the orginal Tweet into a new tweet on your own and add your comment. (It’s what people used to do before the RT button).


16. 16
    on March 28th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
    kathy said:

    remove cellophane before putting in oven


17. 17
    on March 28th, 2011 at 7:44 pm
    kathy said:

    I’m getting spray tanned at two


18. 18
    on March 28th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
    kathy said:

    we met on e harmony


19. 19
    on March 28th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
    Carroll said:

    Non-fat, half-caf venti cap.


20. 20
    on March 28th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
    JaneK said:

    okay, not only did my ancestors not say any of that; but I never said in high school or college, for that matter!


21. 21
    on March 28th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
    Cupcake Murphy said:

    The women also don’t talk about “age reverse” or “anti aging” lotion.


22. 22
    on March 28th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
    amy said:

    Wireless Mouse on it’s mouse pad
    “Must Blog that”
    Using a GPS to find your way..

    I also think of how times have changed since even I was a teen. Remember needing to do a research project and getting books out of the library to do it? If someone was doing the same subject and you dallied you were screwed.

    Or getting all high tech and using a TYPEWRITER to do a paper on. Remember that stuff to correct your mistakes? White Out? Can’t even remember the name!

    Taping songs off the radio.. waiting forever for the right song to come up..

    Or when VHS came out and renting a movie with 10 or your friends was A REALLY GOOD TIME. The VHS’s cost an arm and a leg and so did the machines.


23. 23
    on March 28th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
    GrandeMocha said:

    Are those really your relatives Bossy?


24. 24
    on March 28th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
    GrandeMocha said:

    Sorry my cell always drops my call when I drive by X.


25. 25
    on March 28th, 2011 at 11:26 pm
    GrandeMocha said:

    They have everything on Ebay!


26. 26
    on March 28th, 2011 at 11:27 pm
    BOSSY said:

    Yep, my ancestors, alright. They are probably 23 and 26 years old. The boat ride was hard on people.


27. 27
    on March 28th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
    GrandeMocha said:

    For our girls night out, let’s get mani/pedis.


28. 28
    on March 28th, 2011 at 11:33 pm
    GrandeMocha said:

    Do you want McDonalds or Taco Bell for Dinner? I’ll run thru the drive thru.


29. 29
    on March 28th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
    GrandeMocha said:

    Where is the closest Atm? Starbucks?


30. 30
    on March 28th, 2011 at 11:36 pm
    Jenn @ Juggling LIfe said:

    My personal favorite would be, “I need some ‘me’ time.”


31. 31
    on March 28th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
    GrandeMocha said:

    Paper or Plastic?


32. 32
    on March 29th, 2011 at 6:13 am
    Sparx said:

    “Where’s the car charger?”
    “You can play with your Gameboy AFTER you skype your grandparents”
    …etc…
    Hard to believe that we didn’t even get a colur TV until I was 13… getting a cassette player when I was 10 was the highest of tech in our village.


33. 33
    on March 29th, 2011 at 8:44 am
    Neil's wife said:

    “You down with OPP?”


34. 34
    on March 29th, 2011 at 9:16 am
    Heide said:

    Love this. Just came back to read it a second time.


35. 35
    on March 29th, 2011 at 9:25 am
    Grandma J said:

    “I deleted my mail”, “I deleted you”, “Webcam”

    About ten years ago, when my grandson was five, he asked if he could watch tv in my bedroom. As he climbed up on my bed, he stared at my 19″ tv and said, “what are those?”.
    I said, “what’s what?”
    He pointed at the knobs to change the channel and the on/off volume and said, “those!”
    I said, “That’s how you change the channels and turn it up louder.”
    He said, “That is soooo cool, and you don’t even need a remote!”


36. 36
    on March 29th, 2011 at 11:08 am
    mrs. G. said:

    Epic.


37. 37
    on March 29th, 2011 at 2:26 pm
    foolery said:

    I think about 65% of what comes out of my mouth would mystify my grandparents, may they rest in peace. But that may also be true for whomever I talk at.


38. 38
    on March 29th, 2011 at 5:30 pm
    Jami said:

    “WTF? My BFF just dissed me on my GF’s FB page.”
    “Dude, I had to burn my iPod mix tape to a CD.”
    “Drop this hashtag on that retweet.”


39. 39
    on March 30th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
    Paula Lee Bright said:

    I love me some John Cusack.


40. 40
    on March 31st, 2011 at 2:48 pm
    Meg said:

    I kinda like to play that game in the other direction – things I say that my kids have no idea about. Such as, “dial” the phone, “rewind” the “tape”, develop that film, “put another dime in the jukebox, baby” – you get the idea.


41. 41
    on April 4th, 2011 at 10:21 am
    zidia said:

    Bossy’s paternal great-great grandparents