• Yo!  Waz Up?  Dawg.   I mean, really, what's with the kids today?  They certainly don't speak English anymore. I've studied a little German, French and Spanish.  They aren't speaking any of those foreign languages either. Kids today use what I call "Mutant English!"  "Sup? Peeps. Don't cop a 'tude, Boo dat!"  Is there a book that translates English to gibberish?  "Dude, don't Dis my Homey, he's Slammin."
• It sounds like a cassette tape playing at fast speed in my ear.  I have no more of an idea of how to respond to that than I do to my wife asking me to explain what I'm thinking about. Someplace along the line, I must have lost the lobe of the brain that deciphers gobeldeegook.  As a Boomer I can remember "back in the day" when we as kids greeted each other with "How do you do?", "Hi!", "Hello", or "How you doing?" Maybe even a "Howdy Doodie", but at least it was English!  In my college years it was maybe "What's happ'nin", "How's it hangin", "What's buzzin cousin", or "What's your tale nightengale", again, all in English.
• Today I get a text message that says, "Yo, omg, lmbo,gtg, ttyl.  My response? "WTHWT"   Translated to: "Yo, oh my gosh, laughing my butt off, got to go, talk to you later".  My response, "What the heck was that?"  I'm a Boomer, I prefer my text messages to be in words, even just "Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz" would be a relief.  When you hear mutant English or get a hieroglyphic text, just simply reply with any of the following: "Doofus", "Putz", or "Dingle Fritz". You'll get your message across. 
• In the good ole days even if we didn't use proper English, we knew what was meant by "Holy Mackerel, don't have a Conniption Fit!" or "Jumpin jehosaphat you're cruising for a bruising" or  "Smooth Move Exlax". We could even swear without swearing (e.g. Piffle, Holy Cannoli, Oh for Pitty Sake, Dagnabit, or Kiss My Grits). Now I get texts of "!@#$%&". I mean "WT@#%WT".
• Well, geez Louise,  I hate to be a wet rag but my Hottie with a Classy Chassis wants to go hang, so I'm burning some rubber. Toodles, CYL.
•
• Boomer Babble - Thoughts at Large are written by the Boomer Babble Guys, Charles Doug and John with occasional help from friends.  The Boomer Babble radio show, produced by TV Productions, Inc., is broadcast on WNAX 570 Sunday evenings at 5:00.  Visit us at BoomerBabble.com.
•