I received the following from Skip in Las Vegas and thought there was some pretty funny stuff listed. For those of you who were growing up in the '50's I'm sure some of these quotes will bring back some fond memories.

Quotes You May Have Heard In The 1950's
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1. "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they

are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries

for $20."

2. "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be

long when $5000 will only buy a used one."

3. "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A

quarter a pack is ridiculous."

4. "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a

dime just to mail a letter?"

5. "The Government is wanting to get its hands on everything.

Pretty soon it's going to be impossible to run a family

business or farm."

6. "If they raise the hourly minimum wage to $1, nobody will be

able to hire outside help at the store."

7. "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas

would someday cost 50 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better

off leaving the car in the garage."

8. "Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail hair cuts make it

impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be

wearing their hair as long as the girls."

9. "Also, their music drives me wild. This 'Rock Around The Clock'

thing is nothing but racket."

10. "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever

since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'damn' in 'Gone

With he Wind,' it seems every movie has a 'hell' or 'damn'

in it."

11. "Also, it won't be long until couples are sleeping in the

same bed in the movies. What is this world coming to?"

12. "Pretty soon you won't be able to buy a good 10 cent cigar."

13. "I read the other day where some scientist thinks it's

possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the of the

century. They even have some fellows they call astronauts

preparing for it down in Texas."

14. "Did you see where some baseball player just signed a

contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn't

surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the

president."

15. "Do you suppose television will ever reach our part of the

country?"

16. "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances

would be electric. They are even making electric

typewriters now."

17. "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a

few married women are having to work to make ends meet."

18. "It won't be long before young couples are going to have

to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work

19. "I'll tell you one thing. If my kid ever talks back to me,

they won't be able to sit down for a week."

20. "Did you know the new church in town is allowing women to

wear pants to their service?"

21. "Next thing you know is, the government will start paying

us not to grow crops."

22. "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the

door to a whole lot of foreign business."

23. "Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when the

Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes

wonder if we are electing the best people to congress."

24. "Why in the world would you want to send your daughter

to college. Isn't she going to get married? It would be

different if she could be a doctor or a lawyer."

25. "I just hate to see the young people smoking. As I tell

my kids, "Don't take a cigarette from ANYONE. You never

know what might be in it."

26. The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather,

but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."

27. "There is no sense going to St. Louis or Omaha anymore

for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in

a hotel."

28. "Anymore no one can afford to be sick, $35 a day in the

hospital is too rich for my blood."

29. "If a few idiots want to risk their necks flying across

the country that's fine, but nothing will ever replace

trains."

30. "I don't know about you but if they raise the price of

coffee to 15 cents, I'll just have to drink mine at

home."

31. "If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget

it. I'll have my wife learn to cut hair."

32. "We won't be going out much anymore. Our baby sitter

informed us she now wants 25 cents an hour. Kids think

money grows on trees."

33. "Cars which dim their lights by sensors, automatic

transmissions, and who knows what else? Pretty soon

they will have electric windows.

34. " Unbelieveable, an outfit called Byrdseye has packaged

frozen peas. Who the heck would buy frozen food ? "