"Whose on First? "

You know, getting older has it's good points and it has it's bad points.  One of the bad sides are when you have a conversation with a younger person and you are so out of the realm of understanding.  Herewith follows a conversation I had with my daughter today on Face Book... 

• Sara Meloling

·  "Mom, Evan needs his haircut, he looks like a dirty hippy." #exmilitaryparents

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Jane A. Thompson What?

3 hours ago · Like

Sara Meloling It's called a hash tag mom, google the definition lol

2 hours ago via mobile · Like

Jane A. Thompson Okay; I Googled the #exmilitaryparents and a whole page of military info came up. Yes, I know I'm an idiot, just remember these when you used to ask "why"..lol!

2 hours ago · Like

Sara Meloling I ment google hash tag lol

2 hours ago via mobile · Like

Jane A. Thompson Lol!! I put the WHOLE sentence in Google search; you DO NOT want to know what came up, lol!!

2 hours ago · Like

Jane A. Thompson Hmmph. I still don't get it. You can stop laughing now.

2 hours ago · Like

Sheri Helberg McIntyre Lol! This is the most hilariously cute exchange!

about an hour ago via mobile · Like · 1

Sara Meloling Its a social media trend mom, here, read this:

about an hour ago · Like

Sara Meloling http://www.techforluddites.com/2009/02/the-twitter-hash-tag-what-is-it-and-how-do-you-use-it.html

The Twitter Hash Tag: What Is It and How Do You Use It?

www.techforluddites.com

Once you've started using Twitter, it won't take long before you come across wha...t's known as a hash tag. That's when you see something in a tweet that has a # prefix. (The # is a hash symbol, hence theSee More

about an hour ago · Like

Jane A. Thompson Yes my dear child, I have heard of Twitter. It's that thing you hear in the trees, the link doesn't even come close. Okay, seriously tho', I did go to Twitter how-to but it's not explaining to me why Evan looks like a hippie...?

33 minutes ago · Like

Jane A. Thompson Question: was this a statement that you made up or you found it and you're 'connecting', as Twitz calls it...ooops, sorry, TWITTER.

23 minutes ago · Like

Sara Meloling Oh mom..... His hair was touching his ears. When we were in the military, we used to say if your hair was touching your ears you looked like a god d**m hippie protester, aka you need a haircut. Apparently Bret and I say it enough Eric caught on

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Jane A. Thompson Ahhhh!!! Gotcha, lol!!!!! I wasn't sure if you'd be rolling on the floor or exhausted trying to explain. I loves you baby girl..lol!!

20 minutes ago · Like

Sara Meloling Love you too mom.

19 minutes ago via mobile · Unlike · 1

Jane A. Thompson Oh thank God...whew...

19 minutes ago · Like

Jane A. Thompson Um...oh my...I GET IT NOW when you added Eric into the equation...

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Jane A. Thompson As Jeff Dunham says..."da dadada!"

about a minute ago · Like

Sara Meloling Now I dont get it...

Jane A. Thompson Lol!!!!!!!!!

 

Jane A. Thompson None of it made sense until you said Eric had said Evan needed the haircut, then it all came together, lol!

a few seconds ago · Like