Reflections From a Murky Pond

Here’s an odd bit of humor. I’m still occasionally hearing the term, Granny Panties. But that’s a bit of – actually more than a bit of – a misnomer. Nowadays, those aren’t granny panties; they’re great-granny panties or even great-great-granny panties. 😛

Yeah, just to make the point clear, thongs started in the 1970s as swimsuits and became popular in the 1980s as underwear. Hence, it was younger Boomers and Gen X that first adopted them. So, for the younger generations, granny panties look more like this:

That’s right, Kiddos. Your grandmothers wore french cuts, brazilians, and thongs as a normal thing. She didn’t wear what are still called granny panties except on rare occasions. 😆

Tags: Ass | Gen X | Generation Gap | Humor | Lingerie | Society | Thongs

This entry was posted on Sunday, May 12th, 2024 at 10:00 am and is filed under Humor. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

OK. This is a bit hyperbolic and extreme. Our recess wasn’t quite that feral. We never completely descended into Lord of the Flies territory. Still though, compared to the later generations, it was more than little like this.

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This entry was posted on Friday, April 5th, 2024 at 9:00 am and is filed under Humor, Society. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Oh yes. I am very much a grognard. I started play Dungeons & Dragons in 1977 with the Holmes edition of Basic D&D. And, yes again. I do have dice older than you in all likelihood. Hellfire! I’ve got dice older than some – probably most – of your parents. 😛

Oh, and I do still have dice just like those from the old game sets when that was the only way you could get dice other than 6-sided.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, April 4th, 2024 at 10:00 am and is filed under Humor, Society. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

Explaining Millennials is easy. And, by this, I mean explaining their existence and commonness in America, not why they are like they are. The explanation is easy – Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill. 😆 I swear to Silenus, Strawberry Hill resulted in more Millennial births than anything else, though those damn wine coolers accounted for a lot of the later Millennials.

But, my fellow Gen Xers, lets not be too prideful. A damn lot of us are here due to: Andre’s Cold Duck, Mateus, and Lancers. 😉

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This entry was posted on Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 at 8:15 am and is filed under Humor, Society, Wine. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

You young’uns will never understand. And, you should be the thankful that Gen X seems to have been last generation that was generally exposed to this sort of horror. You were never exposed to – and expected to eat – these eldritch monstrosities known as “jello salads.” You never had to and probably never will have to smile at the “church ladies” while trying to choke down some horrific combination of jello, mayonnaise, meat and vegetables.

We are not the same!

Frankly, I think those church lunches, socials, and picnics – all rife with these hellish concoctions – did more for the Atheists’ cause than anything the Democrats did. 😆

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 at 10:30 am and is filed under Food & Drink, Humor. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.