January 13, 2011

Overheard in the hospital cafeteria

I remember John Lennon.

You do? Wow, that is awesome.

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  1. Joel Bernstein on January 13th, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    I was thinking the other day about how difficult it is for me to even conceive of a time before the existence of Beatles music.

    There was a period of time when Paul McCartney could walk around humming Hey Jude and nobody would recognize it. Blows my fucking mind.

  2. Sheila Ryan on January 13th, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    I remember Elephant’s Memory.

  3. Cindy Scroggins on January 13th, 2011 at 12:36 pm

    I have to admit, hearing this today really took me aback. I am aware of generational differences, but John Lennon as historical marker? That’s tough.

  4. Joel Bernstein on January 13th, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    For reference, I was born over two years after Lennon was shot.

  5. Robert Ledgerwood on January 13th, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    There were four months and twenty-seven days between Lennon dying and me being born.

  6. Sheila Ryan on January 13th, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    When I was a kitten, a lot of my friends were way older than me, but now a lot of them are way younger.

    I was so much older then. I’m younger than that now.

  7. Michael Smith on January 14th, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    I was born almost exactly 5 months after John Lennon was shot. I remember a conversation between my parents and other adults, the topic was where they were when the found out Lennon had been shot.