Geezer Test - Page 2

Crimson Ghost · 01-05-2006, 11:09 PM

Fuck.
20.
God, I can smell the "Ben-Gay" creeping up on me.
I was only born in 1971.
Kill me.
Kill me now.

Tonchi · 01-06-2006, 12:10 AM

19. But the only reason it wasn't all 20 was I didn't do eeny-meeny-miney-mo to answer The Ink Spots on question #19.

I like winning, even if it is being the geezeriest person here

(Crimson Ghost peeked. That's a kid thing, you know, cheating

)

xoxoxoBruce · 01-06-2006, 12:28 AM

OK, so what did I win? A cemetery plot?

Crimson Ghost · 01-09-2006, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonchi

19. But the only reason it wasn't all 20 was I didn't do eeny-meeny-miney-mo to answer The Ink Spots on question #19.

I like winning, even if it is being the geezeriest person here

(Crimson Ghost peeked. That's a kid thing, you know, cheating

)

Nope.
Didn't peek.
I wrote my answers, and figured that there was a link to the answers.
Ah, well, sucks to be me.

01-09-2006, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tonchi

19. But the only reason it wasn't all 20 was I didn't do eeny-meeny-miney-mo to answer The Ink Spots on question #19.

I like winning, even if it is being the geezeriest person here

Heh! You forgot about your evil twin! I got 19, also. I missed the studebaker question.

I still remember being on long car trips with my folks and falling asleep in the back seat to the sound of my Dad flicking the high beams off and on with that floor button. Later when I turned 16, I was given that same old car to drive and I flicked the beams off and on with my left foot just like my Dad had done. Sometimes to this very day if its late at night and I'm very tired, I'll catch myself feeling on the floor board with my left foot to turn the high lights on! Now, that's geezerhood!

Tonchi · 01-09-2006, 01:50 AM

Hee hee, yeah, the Twins would naturally get the same geezer-level

I thought everybody knew about the dimmer button on the floor, every car we owned had one, even the 1969 Cutlass which I bought from the momster. Many of those questions were actually pre-boomer history, and I only knew the answers because I was always listening in when the adults were talking. And besides that, progress used to arrive rather slowly back in North Carolina.

wolf · 01-09-2006, 09:49 AM

My 1980 Datsun 210 had a floor mounted high beam switch, IIRC.

fargon · 01-09-2006, 10:32 AM

I got 19 rite, but then I was hatched in 57. Kewl year, my first car was a 50 Chrysler Windsor. And yes the 70s are a blur.

mrnoodle · 01-09-2006, 11:10 AM

15, but I guessed on a few.

Radar · 01-09-2006, 12:14 PM

I got 16 and I was born in 69. I almost got 17 with the Howdie Doody question, but I was scared of ventriloquist dummies as a kid and avoided that show.

wolf · 01-09-2006, 01:30 PM

It also was not on the air when you were a child.

It was off by the time I was a kid too, but I had a recording of the theme song.

keryx · 01-09-2006, 07:52 PM

16. Would have been 17 but I decided not to count the studebaker question as my hubbie told me the answer. I was born in '69, but I am a Jeopardy champion in training and know a lot of trivia, so that's my excuse.

busterb · 01-09-2006, 09:03 PM

20, but why should I have not. Dirty old man or sexie senior. Hell I'm older than baseball!

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-09-2006, 09:38 PM

18. Missed the Studebaker and the pick you up in a taxi.

"I've got a brand new pair of rollerskates/You got a brand new key..."

I'm pretty old. I can remember when Woody Allen was funny!

And when the late Jaime Cardinal Sin's paycheck was... uh... cause for comment...

Sundae · 01-10-2006, 05:40 AM

14 and proud of it - being born in 1972 in England means this was a test not so much of my age as my ability to pick up on other people's cultural references.

Oh and some guesses of course...

01-05-2006, 11:09 PM	#16
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Fuck. 20. God, I can smell the "Ben-Gay" creeping up on me. I was only born in 1971. Kill me. Kill me now. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

01-06-2006, 12:10 AM	#17
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	19. But the only reason it wasn't all 20 was I didn't do eeny-meeny-miney-mo to answer The Ink Spots on question #19. I like winning, even if it is being the geezeriest person here (Crimson Ghost peeked. That's a kid thing, you know, cheating ) __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

01-06-2006, 12:28 AM	#18
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, so what did I win? A cemetery plot? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-09-2006, 01:50 AM	#21
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	Hee hee, yeah, the Twins would naturally get the same geezer-level I thought everybody knew about the dimmer button on the floor, every car we owned had one, even the 1969 Cutlass which I bought from the momster. Many of those questions were actually pre-boomer history, and I only knew the answers because I was always listening in when the adults were talking. And besides that, progress used to arrive rather slowly back in North Carolina. __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

01-09-2006, 09:49 AM	#22
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	My 1980 Datsun 210 had a floor mounted high beam switch, IIRC. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-09-2006, 10:32 AM	#23
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I got 19 rite, but then I was hatched in 57. Kewl year, my first car was a 50 Chrysler Windsor. And yes the 70s are a blur. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

01-09-2006, 11:10 AM	#24
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	15, but I guessed on a few. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

01-09-2006, 12:14 PM	#25
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I got 16 and I was born in 69. I almost got 17 with the Howdie Doody question, but I was scared of ventriloquist dummies as a kid and avoided that show. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin Last edited by Radar; 01-09-2006 at 12:23 PM.

01-09-2006, 01:30 PM	#26
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It also was not on the air when you were a child. It was off by the time I was a kid too, but I had a recording of the theme song. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-09-2006, 07:52 PM	#27
keryx Mrs. Fargon Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 85	16. Would have been 17 but I decided not to count the studebaker question as my hubbie told me the answer. I was born in '69, but I am a Jeopardy champion in training and know a lot of trivia, so that's my excuse. __________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

01-09-2006, 09:03 PM	#28
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	20, but why should I have not. Dirty old man or sexie senior. Hell I'm older than baseball! __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch. Last edited by busterb; 01-09-2006 at 09:04 PM. Reason: add

01-09-2006, 09:38 PM	#29
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	18. Missed the Studebaker and the pick you up in a taxi. "I've got a brand new pair of rollerskates/You got a brand new key..." I'm pretty old. I can remember when Woody Allen was funny! And when the late Jaime Cardinal Sin's paycheck was... uh... cause for comment... __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

01-10-2006, 05:40 AM	#30
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	14 and proud of it - being born in 1972 in England means this was a test not so much of my age as my ability to pick up on other people's cultural references. Oh and some guesses of course...

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