IMs of the Ancients

[zond7]

d: so i was in the dance cafe

q: mmm?

d: and the server asked me what my ++ungood; t-shirt meant

d: and i said "it's double-plus ungood. you know, like in 1984"

d: and she said "Oh, that's before my time. I was only born in 1986"

q: WE ARE OLD

q: AND WELL READ

Comments

[wealhtheow]

Bill Hicks on touring through Tennessee:

"After the show, I went to a Waffle House. I'm not proud of it, but I was hungry. And I'm sitting there and I'm eating and reading a book.... Waitress comes over to me: *snaps her gum* 'What you readin' fer?' I said, 'Wow, I've never been asked that. God dang it, you stumped me.' Not what am I readING, but what am I reading FOR? I guess I read for a lot of reasons, but one of the main ones is so I don't end up being a fuckin' waffle waitress."

[mkb_cbr]

Several years ago I was in a shop on Telegraph in Berkeley, and my purchases came to $18.89. Being the sort to make stupid jokes at every turn, I mustered up some false gravitas and said, "Ah, 1889... that was a good year."

The kid behind the counter said "I wasn't even born then."

Years later, I am still unable to come up with a suitable reply.

[vito_excalibur]

I think I have just achieved Enlightenment!

[opalmirror]

"WE ARE OLD... AND WELL READ", and destined to watch the youngsters make the same mistakes we bothered to read about when we were young and avoided ourselves...