[lbo-talk] Age

Owen Byrne owen at permafrost.net
Thu Oct 7 14:12:43 PDT 2004


Dennis Perrin wrote:


> Quick aging anecdote -- Just picked up my daughter at her high school
> (she's working on sets for the fall musical), and I had Springsteen's
> "Rosalita" playing in the car, windows down. She's runs up to the car
> door and says, "Dad! Please turn that down! It's embarrassing!"
>
> "One of Springsteen's best songs (and perhaps one of my fave rock
> songs ever) is embarrassing?"
>
> "Yes! It's soooo uncool!"
>
> Did I mention that I turn 45 on Sat? How uncool is that?
>
> DP
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Teenage girls were never very good arbiters of "cool" even when you were cool. And I'm sure even now - no offense to your daughter, whom I don't know - but "working on sets for the fall musical?" Uncool flags going up all over the place.

Owen



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