Being young and ignorant should be painful...

So - I make a simple post earlier today on FaceBook:

"I feel so damn old right now. Kayleigh's doing a report on "Wild Stallions", and she just doesn't get the "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" references that I keep throwing at her..."

Now, I expected a few laughs.

"Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" was one of those Mid-80's comedies that made careers (Keanu Reeves) and was genuinely funny. Lot of stupid humor without being just DUMB (like the "Scary Movie" series).

Little did I know that my comment would bring out the "DUH FACTOR" in people.

Here's how it went...


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Me: I feel so damn old right now. Kayleigh's doing a report on "Wild Stallions", and she just doesn't get the "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" references that I keep throwing at her...
Chris: What does bill and Ted have 2 do with it??
Me: *sigh* That's what I mean, folks...
Chris: What? I don't even understand what U mean???
Me: Exactly...you didn't get the reference, either.
Jim: WOW!
Chris: Well. perhaps U should explain it in English???
Jim: Wait till you have to do a report on So-Crates!
Me: @ Jim: I can't wait...
Jim: Or Sigmund Frood!
Me: @Chris: Go watch the movie
Jim: LOL!
Chris: I've seen bill and ted's movie,I've seen both..but I still don't understand what your saying.
Me: Forget the 2nd one - go watch the 1st one again.
Chris: Oh 4 the love of god man, would U just tell me???
Jim: I am Bill S. Preston, Esquire! And I am Ted Theodore Logan! Together, we are: WYLD STALLYNS!
Me: *air guitar riff*
Jim: I think that should clear things up a bit.
Me: I doubt it...
Jim: Rofl!
Chris: I remember them saying that,but what does that have 2 do with your daughter,and what does that mean 4 her???
Me: ...REALLY...?!?
Jim: OWW! My head hurts!
Chris: First? Why R y'all making fun of me,and Jim??? I was asking James not U.
Jim: I was trying to help you out.
Me: *looking for the bourbon*
Chris: Ok fine I understand that,BUT..what's that got 2 do with James's daughter???
Chris: Oh.is that what it is?? The bourbon???
Me: ...and I say again: REALLY?!?
Jim: The report is on wild stallions. The reason for the WYLD STALLYNS ref.
Me: Re-read my initial posting...
Chris: What is REF?? And James?? Your post tells me nothing??? Why is it do hard 4 U 2 just say it?????!?
Jim: Now I gotta go dig out the Billl And Ted DVD! Damn You Jim!
Me: No - that's a Star Trek reference, Jim...
Jim: LOL!
Jim: Ref = Reference
Chris: Look??? Why U can't just tell me??
Me: ‎*beating head against table*
Jim: ROFL.... Ooops... Think I Peed a little!
Chris: Is that what U have been trying 2 tell me James??? i hope not.
Me: ...help...
Chris: help? Just tell me what U mean?
Jim: James' daughter is doing a report on wild stallions, and WYLD STALLYNS was the name of the band that Bill And Ted were trying to form in the movie, though neither of them could play to save their lives.
Chris: I knew they were trying 2 form that band with that name..is that what it is??? GEE it only took 50 texts to tell me.
Me: *...god, it hurts...*


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Really - was it THAT hard, if one has seen the movie AND is explained the reference MULTIPLE TIMES, to just "get it"?

I swear - that just made my head hurt... I mean, to quote my best friend Kathryn:

"REALLY?!? I mean REALLY?!?"

(Say it to yourself with a NC dialect...the vocal inflection makes it all the more meaningful)

...and Chris (he's actually a good friend and a genuinely damn nice guy) is PUSHING 30.

I blame the education system.


*sigh*


I am going to bed and pray for humanity...