You know you are getting old when:

[HoosierDaddy]

Oh yes, Fred Wedlock, how could I forget him. So sad to hear of his passing.

[video=youtube;-kALGhbTxdg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kALGhbTxdg[/video]

Just why are all the girls jumping up and down..?? ..Don't get it...
HD

 

[Zombie_61]

Well as you get older you needless sleep. It ain't like you are growing anymore.

Well, that's true. At least I haven't reached the point yet where I've started shrinking...I think.

 

[jamespowers]

Well, that's true. At least I haven't reached the point yet where I've started shrinking...I think.

That only happens to dope smoking hippies.

 

[Gregg Axley]

That only happens to dope smoking hippies.

Who fall down rabbit holes, looking for Alice.
Or Mary Jane...I forget.

 

[Stearmen]

When you see a nice looking young lady, and for a second, you forget you are old!

 

[Stray Cat]

When you see a nice looking young lady, and for a second, you forget you are old!

:rofl:
Other way around is: when you think young men still *might* find you attractive (Cougar calling?) :doh:

 

[GHT]

When you see a nice looking young lady, and for a second, you forget you are old!

Worst still, a young lady asks you to dance, and you think it's because you have that, improve with age look, like Cary Grant or George Clooney, only to find out that said young lady is so impressed by your years of dance experience, she's hoping that some of it will rub off on her. And how do I know? She asked my wife if she minded if she danced with her husband. (Sigh!)

 

[jamespowers]

Who fall down rabbit holes, looking for Alice.
Or Mary Jane...I forget.

You mean chasing Puff the Magic Dragon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC2tlNmz4ao :laser::hippie:

 

[Zombie_61]

You know you're getting old when you think of a good addition to this thread, but can't remember what it was hours later when you log into The Lounge. :eusa_doh: :frusty: [huh]

 

[Gregg Axley]

You know you're getting old when you think of a good addition to this thread, but can't remember what it was hours later when you log into The Lounge. :eusa_doh: :frusty: [huh]

Been there done that.
In fact, sometimes I've even written down my quips to some of the posts, so I don't forget them later in the day. :eusa_doh:

 

[Stearmen]

You mean chasing Puff the Magic Dragon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC2tlNmz4ao :laser::hippie:

You better not shoot at old Puff, he spits big flames!

 

[jamespowers]

You better not shoot at old Puff, he spits big flames!

He can't see you through the dope smoke though.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I've got that book!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I remember being told that I knew a lot about old people stuff. And then I asked what exactly did he mean by "old people stuff" and this person said because I knew all about planes (I'm a big aviation buff)! I'm still not sure where he was coming from. :eusa_doh:

 

[LizzieMaine]

You know you're getting old when every entertainer you recognize is dead.

 

[jamespowers]

I remember being told that I knew a lot about old people stuff. And then I asked what exactly did he mean by "old people stuff" and this person said because I knew all about planes (I'm a big aviation buff)! I'm still not sure where he was coming from. :eusa_doh:

Well, you did know that magazine cover awfully fast.

 

[GHT]

You know you're getting old when every entertainer you recognize is dead.

Have you ever found yourself looking through the CD racks to see if there might be a big band compilation album?
You see a modern music CD entitled So & So's Greatest Hits, and you think: "Who?"

 

[Stearmen]

I remember being told that I knew a lot about old people stuff. And then I asked what exactly did he mean by "old people stuff" and this person said because I knew all about planes (I'm a big aviation buff)! I'm still not sure where he was coming from. :eusa_doh:

Don't feel to bad! In the late 80s, when I was flying WWII airplanes at airshows, all the time, I would get young kids and early teenagers asking if I flew in the war. WWII that is, and I was only in my early 30s!

 

[Stand By]

Just why are all the girls jumping up and down..?? ..Don't get it...
HD

Man alive, I haven't heard that in decades !!! And I remember seeing it on the telly back then too! It's so much funnier now that I'm 47 and not 14 when that was shot ...! Those were the days when a novelty song like that could still get on the chart - and TOTP !

In answer to why the kids were jumping up and down HD, in 1981 Punk was still at its zenith in British popular culture (and is mentioned in the song along with skinheads, which too were in their heyday) and the dance of the punks was "the pogo" - performed by jumping up and down. If you wanted to look like you really knew how to pogo, one would twitch one's head to the side as though one was having a fit. Genius, I know. Hence the kids in the studio must have thought they were being rebels or just alternatively cool to "pogo" to Fred's ditty.

 

[Ghost Rider]

the dance of the punks was "the pogo" - performed by jumping up and down.

Apparently this originated from the fact that when punk started, the bands performed in small clubs/pubs without stages, and the Pogo was started by people jumping up and down to try and see the band.