Generation Bridger Gifts

'Of course you did better when you went to school. That was before the information age.'

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

"...then finally, I got serious and started a band."

'You may disagree with me now, Son, but when you're 500 years old, you'll understand.'

'He's not my Daddy: He's my great great grandfather...'

"So this is what you do all day on your cell phone? Punching in letters...one by one...sending dirty messages to your friends?"

"Lately my joints are stiff." "You're rollin' 'em too tight. Try vaping."

'Wh-h-hatz-u-upp, dude?'

"Don't tell grandmom about your computer's virus. She'll just tell you to download chicken soup."

Theories Of Everything: 'Everything would be perfect if I had a dirt bike.'

"The second I turn 16 I'm joining a conservative political party and then I'll be able to do whatever I want!"

"If you at least 'liked' him on social media, it would mean a lot."

'I spent lots of time on line when I was your age... hanging clothes in the back yard!'

"Tell us another story where you interject with a reminder that nobody had cell phones then."

'That's the trouble with the older generation...they're too intolerant.'

A child offers an old man adult diapers in the grocery store.

"Cool cars are wasted on the old."

"What's your question for 'Ask Sadie?'" "Are America's best days behind us?" "Excellent question. It reminds me of the time in grade school when the schoolmarm told little Jebediah Thistlewood to pull up his knickers. The next day, Jebediah's pa came to school and said 'In my day, a man was free enough to wear his trousers 'round his ankles if he wanted to. This used to be one humdinger of a country.'" "I still have no idea what he was talking about." "I don't even remember what I asked you."

Millennial

"For Father's Day, I'm giving my dad an hour of free tech support."

"I'll have someone from my generation get in touch with someone from your generation."

'I speak six languages fluently but I don't understand my teenager daughter.'

"I worry about Gramma. What if I decide to have kids when I grow up? Will she still be there to raise them?"

Rudy, you wanna know possible names for your generation? Huh? The L-Generation for loser, the C-generation for clueless or connected, J for jerk or W for whiners. These readers suggestions all have something in common. None of them won the contest to name Rudy's generation. Not that we're taunting the non-winners. C'mon, taunt the losers!! Winner to be named any day now.

"I thought a tattoo would help me connect with the younger staff."

"I'd love to come to work on time, but I don't want to be Boomer shamed."

"Way before Facebook, my generation had places to gather and talk too much, opinionated wildly, and generally make fools of ourselves. We called them bars."

"Would you take a selfie of me for my Grandkids?"

"I'm spending the day with my aging parents."

Your grandpa's at that difficult age where they assert independence.

A new game show called Paid Off will relieve a contestants student loan debt - if they win.

"You have your whole life ahead of you, Billy...boy, I sure don't envy you!"

'I hope I look as good as he does when I get his age.'

"Just what exactly is your generation going to do about my generation's social security?"

"No, I don't want to transition into a girl - I want to transition into a millennial."