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   Your Name to moviePig   
   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   
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