Showing posts with label yellow pages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yellow pages. Show all posts

20 Expressions Today's Kids Don't Understand

Use these phrases around kids and you'll probably get a puzzled look. 

Hang up the phone.

Look in the yellow pages.

Check the TV Guide and see what time it comes on.

Open the map and see which road we're supposed to take.

Who's paging me?

Have you checked out his MySpace page?

Get up and change the TV channel.

Can you get off the phone so I can use the internet?

Want to slam some Pogs?

My walkman keeps skipping!

Who shot J.R.?

That's groovy!

Where's the beef?

Let me put that in my Palm Pilot.

I'm dropping this film off to be developed.

Let me check the encyclopedia.

Can you call the travel agent and get a plane ticket?

Has the JCPenny catalog arrived yet?

Let's get that cereal so we can get the toy at the bottom!

Can you please adjust the tracking on the video?

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50 Things Kids Won't Do Because of Technology

  1. Visit a travel agent's office.
  2. Record programs using a VCR.
  3. Dial 411 to find out someone's number.
  4. Use public phones.
  5. Book tickets for events over the phone.
  6. Print photographs.
  7. Put a classified ad in a store window.
  8. Call the 24 hour operator to get the exact time.
  9. Carry portable cassette or CD players.
  10. Handwritten letters.
  11. Disposable cameras.
  12. Change for pay phones.
  13. Make mix tapes.
  14. Pay bills at the post office.
  15. Use an address book.
  16. Check a map before going on a trip or vacation.
  17. Use a payphone to make a collect call.
  18. Go into the bank to conduct business.
  19. Buy TV listings.
  20. Own an encyclopedia.
  21. Renew car registration by going to the DMV.
  22. Develop and send off film for photographs.
  23. Read a hard copy of the Yellow Pages.
  24. Look something up in a dictionary.
  25. Remember phone numbers.
  26. Watch movies on VCR or DVD.
  27. Have pen pals by writing letters.
  28. Use a telephone book.
  29. Use pagers.
  30. Fax documents.
  31. By CD's or have a CD collection.
  32. Pay by paper check.
  33. Make a photo album.
  34. Watch TV shows at the time they are shown.
  35. Warm drinks on the stove.
  36. Dial *69 to find out who called you last.
  37. Try on shoes at the mall.
  38. Hand wash clothes.
  39. Advertise in newspapers.
  40. Send love letters.
  41. Hand-write essays and school work.
  42. Buy flowers from a florist.
  43. Use a dictionary to find out how to spell something.
  44. Keep a personal diary.
  45. Send post cards.
  46. Buy newspapers.
  47. Hang laundry out to dry on a clothesline.
  48. Keep printed bills or bank statements.
  49. Visit yard sales and flea markets.
  50. Buy paper magazines.
*List proved by OnePoll surveys.