Distinguishing marks of the Class of 2009
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BELOIT COLLEGE'S MINDSET LISTŪ FOR THE CLASS OF 2009
Here are a few teasers for a class in which most students were born in 1987 (note: if you think the list is missing something, post it here):1. Andy Warhol, Liberace, Jackie Gleason, and Lee Marvin have always been dead.
4.Wayne Gretzky never played for Edmonton.
6. With little need to practice, most of them do not know how to tie a tie.
7. Pay-Per-View television has always been an option.
8. They never had the fun of being thrown into the back of a station wagon with six others.
9. Iran and Iraq have never been at war with each other.
11. Philip Morris has always owned Kraft Foods.
13. They learned to count with Lotus 1-2-3.
15. Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker have never preached on television.
17. "Whatever" is not part of a question but an expression of sullen rebuke.
19. Condoms have always been advertised on television.
25. Bill Gates has always been worth at least a billion dollars.
29. The Starship Enterprise has always looked dated.
37. They have grown up in a single superpower world.
41. Les Miserables has always been on stage.
48. Snowboarding has always been a popular winter pastime.
54. They never saw the shuttle Challenger fly.
66. They never saw a Howard Johnson's with 28 ice cream flavors.
75. They have always been challenged to distinguish between news and entertainment on cable TV.
