Saturday, June 27, 2009

16 reasons to believe I’m a Senior Citizen stuck in the body of a fifteen-year-old


1. I talk fondly of the good old days before Myspace, mobile phones and iPods, when kids were seen and not heard, in spite of the fact that I was not alive in the good old days

2. I’ve taken to talking about bowel movements at the dinner table.

3. I glare at groups of youths and grumble under my breath.

4. I don’t understand Myspace.

5. I repeat myself a lot.

6. I repeat myself a lot.

7. I SPEAK VERY LOUDLY.

8. For some time, I believed that ‘Teenagers’ by My Chemical Romance was sung by Shannon Noll. No, really, I did. Oh, come on, Gerard Way so sounds like Shannon Noll.

9. I regularly remark, “They just don’t make things like they used to.”

10. I don’t like Robert Pattinson. Though perhaps having an awareness of who Robert Pattinson negates me actually being a Senior Citizen.

11. I once had a mobile phone. But I never used it. I don’t know where it is now.
12. I would rather go to Bingo than binge drink at a party. Bingo, it’s like tap dancing, but not really.

13. I regularly use the phrase, “Kids today.”

14. I don’t have highlights, multiple piercings, tattoos, an iPhone, or plans to get any of these. I do, however, have a healthy respect for my elders.

15. I feel a very strong desire to get one of those trolleys that the elderly always have. I want to carry around bread to feed the ducks.

16. I always feel scandalised when they offer a Seniors discount somewhere, and I can’t have it. No one ever believes that I’m really a 70-year-old.

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Sara J. Henry said...

I have apparently been a senior citizen for a very long time. I don't like MySpace. I think it's creepy that girls (and women) are so smitten with Pattinson in TWILIGHT. I have never, ever understood the point of drinking to (or past) the point of inebriation, and especially cannot understand why anyone would do it more than once.

But, nah, I never quite got the point of Bingo, either.

Dahlia said...

Haha! I liked 5, 6, 8, 12 (loved the line, "Bingo, it’s like tap dancing, but not really.") and 16. Hilarious! ^_^

Alea said...

LOL! I agree. I've been a little old lady my whole life!

Amelia said...

I am pretty much the same way, only I'm 26. I noticed this week that lately I've been getting antsy at 9pm, wanting to go to bed. Regular bedtime: midnight. As if that's not bad enough, I get up at 6am and make myself stay in until 7. 9pm bedtime=OLD! Yuck.

Marie said...

This is hilarious! Hahah!

Taschima Cullen said...

I always say I'm an old soul stuck on the body of a 16 year old ^^

I know what u feel, when I hear kids that say UGH reading is so boring, why don't you just watch the movie?

I always say.. Kids these days lol

Donna said...

Welcome to my world. Unfortunately, the major technical boom happened when I was a teenager so I'm just this side of without it. Cell phones are the bane of my existence.

ReaderGirl said...

HAHA! xP

a flight of minds said...

XD XD XD

Im probably part senior citizen also then. Although for #10, I've heard of grandmas squealing and stalking Robert Patterson in places and in lines etc. Which is extremely creepy.

Great post though. It actually made me laugh out loud. XD

- Alex

Laura said...

Wow, um, some of those I can agree with. :|.
Like, number 5 & 6. And number 12 & 14.
And as for number 8, I actually likes that song. And I do not like Shannon Noll. AT ALL.

Kate said...

Haha, I agree with a few of them!
Especially number 10 =D