Fluther: Can you name a few things that only adults would know?

Can you name a few things that only adults would know?

Asked by cheebdragon (20506

) November 23rd, 2014
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It can be a book, movie, game, event….anything! As long as it’s something that most people under 25 years old, probably wouldn’t know about or recognize.
I’ll explain why I’m asking later, but here’s my list so far-

1. Gumby
2. Fire marshal Bill
3. The streak – Ray Stevens
4. Yak back
5. Gidget
6. Jonestown massacre

Anything!

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Dutchess_III (46815

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That the first General Zod from Superman II stared in ” Too Wan Foo “as a cross dresser.

talljasperman (21916

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My daughter, who is 35, had never heard of the Mommas and the Poppas!

Dutchess_III (46815

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The depravity of men.
The pain of childbirth.
Arthritis.
Alzheimers.

ragingloli (51970

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Peter, Paul and Mary

Dutchess_III (46815

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Wildwood Weed

Dutchess_III (46815

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Some of the things I have found people under 25 seldom know or:

• Station signoffs.
• Johnny Cason and the Tonight Show.
• Gus Grissom.
• “Gun Smoke” (TV)
• “Dark Shadows” (TV)
• Vacuum tubes.
• Bay of Pigs
• Khmer Rouge
• Idi Amin Dada
• Treblinka, Sobibor, and Belzec.
• Muscle cars.
• Punji sticks.

Just to name a few things.

Hypocrisy_Central (26879

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The Carol Burnett Show, Mrs. Wiggins

The Yip Yips

Stymie from Our Gang

jonsblond (43677

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Rotary phones.
Busy signals instead of voice mail.
Cigarette machines.
Vending machines that only take coins.
TVs with circular channel knobs, stations 2 -13

zenvelo (39430

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Black and white tv’s

talljasperman (21916

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Land Shark
396 Chevelle SS
Dairy Queen
$.74 gas
Changing channels by hand
Cassettes
LP’s
Two Wild and Crazy guys
Get your pets spayed or neutered.

Adirondackwannabe (36713

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I’m still 19 years old, so can I answer?

Mimishu1995 (23628

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Station wagon

White wall tires

Tropical_Willie (31128

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@Mimishu1995 Sure, we want to hear your thoughts.

Adirondackwannabe (36713

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I’m only 45, but but I do remember most, but not all of these things. I’m not sure if I really remember these things, or if I just have seen pictures or someone’s talked about them.

GracieT (7393

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- DOS.
– Black and white mobile phones.
– Black and white movies.
– Written letters.
– Typewriter.
– Telephone notebooks (for writing down telephone numbers)
– Humphrey Bogart.

Mimishu1995 (23628

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I didn’t know how to drive a car that shifted on the column until a year ago.

Esteban1 (376

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@Mimishu1995 Humphrey Bogart. Amazing!

Adirondackwannabe (36713

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The phrase Bogarting like quit Bogarting my fries.

talljasperman (21916

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@talljasperman It’s Stop Bogarting the joint.

Adirondackwannabe (36713

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Palm Pilot.
Dot matrix printer with tractor paper.
Slide Rule.

zenvelo (39430

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Frank Sinatra at the top of his game in the ‘50s.

Pachy (18610

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Leaded gas Thanks.

tinyfaery (44104

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Rotary phone
Pay phone
The Odd Couple
Romper Room
The Monkees
Devo

@tinyfaery I think you mean regular gas, also known as leaded.

JLeslie (65424

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The idiomatic meanings of the following words and terms:

Square, squaresville, L7
Choice
Twitchin’
Boss
Cat
Short
Side
Licorice Pizza

The answers to the following questions:

Who was the mascot for Ipana toothpaste?
What toothpaste claimed to have an ingredient called GL-70?
What were the opening lines for the Chevrolet theme song sung by Dinah Shore?
What hair product claimed that “a little dab’ll do ya”?

With what TV series are the following phrases associated:

Cookie, lend me your comb.
What a revoltin’ development dis is!
Great Caesar’s ghost!

Some of the above might be answerable via Google, but what youngster would bother looking up such inane info? ;-p

Brian1946 (32277

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@Brian1946

I think you meant “Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb”

Cookie is like Oreos or similar.
Totally different pronunciation.

There’s a clip of Ed Byrnes and Connie Stevens singing it on YT for anyone interested.

Buttonstc (27605

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Going to the library to learn about something rather than using Google.

Grocery stores/drug stores that sell Playboy magazine.

Seeing your first porn when you’re actually old enough to go the the adult store and rent a VHS tape.

FutureMemory (24753

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LSD
Quaaludes
Cocaine
Peyote
Mescaline
Shrooms
Grateful Dead

Oh the 70’s..great fun! LOL

Coloma (47193

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These tunes and words are indelibly imprinted upon my brain forever :)

“It was a one-eyed one horned flying purple people eater. Sure looked strange to me”

“Ooh eee ooh ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang. Ooh eee ooh ah ah, ting tang walla walla bang bang.
My friend the witch doctor he taught me what to say…etc. etc.

The Blob; movie and theme song:
“Beware of The Blob, it creeps and leaps and glides and slides across the floor, right through the door and all around the walls, a splotch, a blotch, be careful of The Blob.”

Buttonstc (27605

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“Missed it by that much.”
Mr. Bill
Sock it to me
Jim Henson muppetry for adults
Those little records for kids that came with a square book (with the chime to turn the pages)

Edit: @JLeslie I think it’s actually illegal to mention Devo without supplying a video.
Ok, maybe it’s not illegal, but it probably should be.

dappled_leaves (15893

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Hah! I remember watching “The Blob” at about age 8. Creepy fun.

Coloma (47193

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@Coloma Young people aren’t as innocent as you think they are. ;)

DrasticDreamer (23996

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Handwritten letters
Manual tv change?

AshlynM (10684

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@DrasticDreamer Haha..no doubt, I mean there really is no new news under the sun. :-)

Coloma (47193

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When everyone had a landline, not being able to reach someone by phone because they are out.
“Hello, my name is Cornholio. I need TP for my bunghole.”

Haleth (18947

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