Lost Generation

Just got this from a video and I think it's awesome!

1     I realize that this may be a shock but

2.       Happiness comes from within

3.       Is a lie and

4.       Money will make me happy

5.       So in thirty years I will tell my children

6.       They are not the most important thing in my life

7.       My employer will know that

8.       I have my priorities straight because

9.       Work

10.   Is more important than

11.   Family

12.   I tell you this

13.   Once upon a time

14.   Families stayed together

15.   But this will not be true in my era

16.   This is a quick fix society

17.   Experts tell me

18.   Thirty years from now I will be celebrating the 10^th anniversary of my divorce

19.   I do not concede that

20.   I will live in a country of my own making

21.   In the future

22.   Environmental destruction will be the norm

23.   No longer can it be said that

24.   My peers and I care about this earth

25.   It will be evident that

26.   My generation is apathetic and lethargic

27.   It is foolish to presume that

28.   There is hope

And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it.

28.   There is hope

27. It is foolish to presume that

26. My generation is apathetic and lethargic

25. It will be evident that

24. My peers and I care about this earth

23. No longer can it be said that

22. Environmental destruction will be the norm

21. In the future

20. I will live in a country of my own making

19. I do not concede that

18. Thirty years from now I will be celebrating the 10^th anniversary of my divorce

17. Experts tell me

16. This is a quick fix society

15. But this will not be true in my era

14. Families stayed together

13. Once upon a time

12. I tell you this

11. Family

10. Is more important than

9. Work

8. I have my priorities straight because

7. My employer will know that

6. They are not the most important thing in my life

5. So in thirty years I will tell my children

4. Money will make me happy

3. Is a lie and

2. Happiness comes from within

1. I realize that this may be a shock but

I can change the world

Adult Truths

1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.

13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

17. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

19. How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?

20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

22. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

23. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.

24. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874 ;  the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.

A few quotes

“The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”
- Lucille Ball

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”
- Henry Ford

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
- George Bernard Shaw

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
- Mark Twain

“No one is so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”
- Henry David Thoreau

“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.”
- Victor Hugo

“The old believe everything: the middle-aged suspect everything: the young know everything.”
- Oscar Wilde

“Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.”
- Benjamin Franklin

“Middle age is when you’re sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn’t for you.”
- Ogden Nash

“You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”
- Bob Hope

via : http://www.laughitout.com/2011/06/funny-quotes-about-age.html#ixzz1PBfQHIV0

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