Generational Debater Pillows

Dear Sadie, I'm just an aging Baby-Boomer who still believes in America, and sees all the good around me, but I don't understand why we've become so mean. How can I feel good about us again? Signed, Marlemarion. Great question. There's an easy answer as to how you can feel better about the world. Change your name to something normal! I just don't agree with the @#$% premise that we've gotten mean.

"Who's 'Tito'? I'm Randy."

"I invited my friends over so we can see how much your generation is leaving us to pay off!"

"Nice haircut."

'Well, isn't this nice? Three generations all sitting down together.'

Little boy reading a classic whilst his Dad reads a comic.

'Grandpa, what was manufacturing?'

"We're looking forward to this little bundle of joy bringing out the worst in each of us."

Not-so-easy listening...

"It's a fortuitous coincidence that the greatest moments in music history were when I was in high school."

'You're lucky you're just a kid and don't have to worry about things like going out and getting a job when you're supposed to be retired.'

Lemonade/Prune-aid

"That's right, son. God knew everything before Google."

'He was an impressionist. Like that Alistair McGowan...'

"One day, son, all this anxiety will be yours."

'They're not reliable.'

"The floor is now open for discussion of what to name ou generation."

"Quite frankly I can't wait to see how your generation messes up everything."

Yeah, I'm taking care of my parents now, too.

An old man and young man who are mirror images of each other pass on a street

Contest time. Mort and Sadie, our ornery octogenarians, have decided to rename Rudy's generation. Mort favors Generation I - for impatient. Sadie prefers Generation V - for virtual. Or vapid! What do you think? Please send your own ideas to asksadieshow@gmail.com. C'mon people, get thinkin'!

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

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

"How did people waste time before computers?"

Never Trust Anyone Under Thirty

"I can't image growing up without computers or cell phones. Your generation had it rough, huh, Dad?"

"I'm going to e-mail you this op-ed about how your generation is ruining everything."

Ask Sadie. Dear Sadie, My mother doesn't want me to get a tattoo, but I disagree. I believe that a tattoo would be very attractive. What do you think? - Jessica, rebellious daughter. *(Actual reader letter). Is this serious? Is this a real letter? They're all real. I am stunned. Stunned? What is wrong with children? Defying their mothers? Do you know what would happen if we had defied our parents like that? What? They'd have sent us to live in the old country with our illiterate cousins who left

"So, when you young execs talk about 'phoning it in' there's no actual phone involved?"

'Just a minute, Mom...Grandpa needs help getting the child-proof caps off his medication bottles.'

Grandma

As you know by now know, we received dozens of replies to our request for suggestions to rename Rudy Park's generation. Today, we announce the third-place runners-up. That selection goes to a handful of readers who deemed Rudy's peer group Generation E for entitlement or entitled. Thoughts? I thought he E referred to easy to saddle with the deficit, you cheapskate curmudgeons! What do you think of that?! Solid retort. But we though enough to give it third place. Tomorrow: Our runners-up are anno

"When I was young, we had a lot of hair and no tattoos. Now everything's all reversed."

Whatever in the Sixties?

'Life is easy for you kids these days! When I was a boy...'