(2) "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long when $2000 will only buy a used one." (3) "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous." (4) "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?" (5) "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store." (6) "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 30 cents a gallon." (7) "Kids today are impossible. Those ducktail hair-cuts are ridiculous looking. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as girls." (8) "Also, their music drives me wild. This 'Rock Around The Clock' thing is nothing but racket." (9) "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'damn' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every movie has a 'hell' or a 'damn' in it. What's next I ask you?" (10) "Soon you won't be able to buy a good 10 cent cigar." (11) "Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president." (12) "Do you suppose television will ever reach our part of the country?" (13) "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now." (14) "I'll tell you one thing. If my kid ever talks back to me, they won't be able to sit down for a week." (15) "Did you know the new church in town is allowing women to wear slacks to their service?" (16) "The drive-in restaurant is convenient in bad weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on." (17) "There is no sense in going to Ohio anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel." (18) "No one can afford to be sick any more, $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood." (19) "If they raise the price of coffee to 15 cents, I'll just have to drink mine at home." (20) "If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it. I'll have my wife learn to cut hair." (21) "Did you know that our baby sitter informed us she wants 50 cents
an hour. Kids think money grows on trees."
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