Sunday, August 12, 2007

What's your legacy?

A very self-important college freshman attending a recent football game, took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation.

"You grew up in a different world, actually an almost primitive one," the student said, loud enough for many of those nearby to hear.

"The young people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel, man walking on the moon, our spaceships have visited Mars. We have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with DSL, BPS, light-speed processing...and," pausing to take another drink of beer.

"You're right, son. We didn't have those things when we were young, so we invented them. Now, you arrogant little brat, what are you doing for the next generation?"

The applause was resounding. I love senior citizens.

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I ran across this anecdote the other day and started to wonder... What do you want people to remember you for when you're gone?

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