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|    Re: These Kids Today    |
|    31 Dec 22 10:26:35    |
      From: YourName@YourISP.com              On 2022-12-30 15:29:44 +0000, moviePig said:              > On 12/30/2022 9:32 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:       >> Time passes. New generations come along. Last night I was visited by a       >> 17-year-old and we were looking for a movie to watch and I asked, “have       you       >> ever seen THE SIXTH SENSE?”       >>       >> No.       >>       >> Seriously? The one about the kid who says, “I see dead people?”       >>       >> Never heard of it.       >>       >> So we watched and he was suckered and I was treated to a look of genuine       >> astonishment on his face at the end.       >>       >> You mean…?       >>       >> Yeah, practically the whole time.       >>       >> “That was a great movie!”       >>       >> Growing old is generally proving to be a pain, but it appears that       >> occasionally there’s fun to be had.       >       > I'm wondering how one reaches the age of 17 nowadays unsullied by the       > biggest spoiler of all time.              Try watching TV quiz shows ... you'll be astounded at some of the most       basic facts that many people of various age don't know. :-)              It's often hard to tell when he's joking to put contestants at ease,       but Bradley Walsh, the host of a few UK quiz shows, said yesterday that       he thought 'aluminium' was a compound and didn't know it was actually       an element ... and he used to work as an aircraft engineer at the Rolls       Royce engine divison.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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