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JOKE OF THE DAY

Today's Laughs Provided by:

Bob Powers

Marietta, OH, USA

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Here are some entrants (winners and otherwise) from a Washington Post contest in which participants were asked to tell today's young people how much harder it was in the old days:

"In my day, we couldn't afford shoes, so we went barefoot. In the winter we had to wrap our feet with barbed wire for traction."

"In my day, we didn't have no rocks. We had to go down to the creek and wash our clothes by beating them with our heads."

"In my day, we didn't have dogs or cats. All I had was Silver Beauty, my beloved paper clip."

"In my day, attitudes were different. For example, women didn't like sex. At least that is what they told me."

"In my day, we didn't have hand-held calculators. We had to do addition on our fingers. To subtract, we had to have some fingers amputated."

"In my day, we didn't have water. We had to smash together our own hydrogen and oxygen atoms."

"When I was your age, we didn't have fake doggie-do. We only had real doggie-do, and no one thought it was a damn bit funny."

"In my day, we didn't have Strom Thurmond. Oh, wait ... Yes we did."

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