Generational Topics Pillows

Lemonade/Prune-aid

"Your generation doesn't know cursive."

"Nice haircut."

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

Pre-Old Blues

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

In the not too distant future... "It's a tribal butterfly tramp stamp, honey. Same as yours."

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

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.

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

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

'They're not reliable.'

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

"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!"

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'!

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

Never Trust Anyone Under Thirty

"How did people waste time before computers?"

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

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

'Antiques are things one generation buys, the next generation gets rid of, and the following generation buys again.'

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

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

"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.

'Please call me Phil. Dad was my dad's name.'

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

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

"That's where we smoke the e-cigarettes.'

Generation Hexed

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

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

Whatever in the Sixties?

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

'Oh, you know - one's going through adolescence, the other's going through obsolescence.'