Classic Year
The following were some comments made in the year 1957:
(1) "I'll tell you one thing, if things
keep going the way they are,
its going to be impossible to buy a weeks
groceries for $20.00."
(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."
(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) "If they raise the minimum wage to
$1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the
store."
(6) "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday
(6) "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday
cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be
better off leaving the car in the garage,"
(7) "Kids today are impossible. Those
ducktail hair cuts make it impossible to stay
groomed.
Next thing you know, boys will be
wearing their hair as long as the girls,"
(8) "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with
(8) "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 The
Wind", it seems every new movie has either Hell
or
damn in it."!
(9) "I read the
other day where some scientist thinks it's possible to put a man on the
moon by the
end
of the century. They
even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in
Texas."
(10) "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 that they will be making more than the
President."
(11) "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric.
They are even making electric
typewriters now."
(12) "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women
(12) "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women
are having to work to make ends
meet."
(13) "It won't be long before young
couples are going to have to hire
someone to watch their kids so they can both
work."
(14) "Marriage doesn't mean a thing any
more, those Hollywood stars
seem to be getting divorces at the drop of a
hat."
(15) "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."
(16) "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."
(17) "The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I
seriously doubt they will ever catch on."
(18) "There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend.
It costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a
hotel."
(19) "No one can afford to be sick any more, $35.00 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."
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