Generational Stories Pillows

Old Ringed Planet: '( Humph! ) Teenagers.'

"Gramps, you were alive before everyone knew what you were doing on social media... What was that called?" "Bliss!"

'New pants! Why, did you know your grandfather didn't get his first pair of long pants until he was 16 years old.'

"Grandpa, how old were you when you learned how to velcro your sneakers?"

"That film broke all records for keeping that key 16 to 39 year old demographic distracted from reality."

"Right now, grandmom's bark is definitely worse than her bite!"

"Nice haircut."

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

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

'Grandpa, what was manufacturing?'

'Beware of the teenager.'

"1971... 2015..."

"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."

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.

Millennials in the Year 2050...

The Ageing Process.

"I'm glad you boys let me come along with you...it's nice to see how you kids live life! I mean, with youth on your side, I'm sure you live every moment to the fullest!"

When I was your age, I had to walk five miles through snow to skip school.

"He wouldn't have rolled over and over in agony on the bombed-out cinder pitches we had to play on!"

'Such a friendly new neighbour, Cecil - we've been invited to something called a rave-up tonight!'

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

"My dad and I are trading important life skills. He's teaching me how to change the oil in the car."

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'!

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

"Too bad we only see each other when we're hungry! I know! Let's go on a date, a real date!"

'No, I mean, what's a 'letter'?'

'Grandpa, what was the most romantic thing you ever tweeted grandma?'

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

"My Dad keeps playing the awful originals to my remixes."

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

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

Bah, when I was your age, I had to walk five miles through the snow just to ... to ... Well, just to walk five miles through the snow, I guess.

Grandma