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April 24, 2009

Generation gap

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Aidan, telling me at great length about a strange dream she had last night: "…and Bowser was in my dream, and that was weird."

Me: "Bowser from Sha Na Na? That IS weird."

Aidan: "What?"

Have a lovely weekend.

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  1. Gretchen says

    April 24, 2009 at 7:49 am

    lol! My youngest always wants me to be Bowser when we play Mario Kart!

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  2. ronee says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:11 am

    bowser..too funny. in my house we have mario cart tournaments.

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  3. Leslie says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:17 am

    I’m sitting here thinkin’, “Well who in the heck ELSE could she mean?” I guess I qualify for the Older Generation as well . . . There should BE no other Bowser. It’s kind of a sacrilege, no?

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  4. Chiara says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:21 am

    okay so something wrong with me I only know Bowser from Sha Na Na and no other. I am gleaning it is a charachter in Mario Kart. See what happens when you don’t have a Wii

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  5. Cindy says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:23 am

    Well, I was going to have to ask who she meant, but I assume from the comments that this is a character in a video game?

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  6. Susan D. says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:23 am

    ha…i was thinking that’s the only bowser i know…totally did not even think about mario!

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  7. Tamara says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:28 am

    Well, after a day in which my 9yo and friend have made me feel positively medieval, I was cheering with Aiden. I love Bowser – not the most agile racer of all time, but he has some serious momentum on the straights, which kind of appeals to my own inertial mass. So I felt young!! Then, I googled Sha Na Na to figure out what you old crusties were talking about, and my heart sank as I realise EXACTLY what you were referring to. Sigh. It’s kind of disheartening to have one foot on each side of the fence!

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  8. Vicki A says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:30 am

    I loved Bowser from Sha Na Na!!!
    Apparently I’m an “old crusty” too. 🙂

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  9. Kristy Vescio says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:44 am

    Seriously – I got to work early and needed a quick break and stopped to read the blog and just about peed in my pants! HILARIOUS! Sha Na Na!

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  10. Tamara says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:46 am

    See, I was just blog-hopping before I went to bed – I don’t know how many times someone has to explain the Aus/US time zone difference to me, I still can’t keep it straight in my head!!

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  11. Kim says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:53 am

    I did not know there was any other one?!!!!!! that is funny.

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  12. Kris Van Allen says

    April 24, 2009 at 8:54 am

    Love this! My sister was telling me that her choir (middle school) was going to be singing “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend”…when she told the kids, they said, excitedly, “Oh, like in Moulin Rouge!” Um….NO…like in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. And not like in Madonna’s Material Girl video either. She had to go rent the movie to show them what Marilyn’s version of the song was like. Sigh.

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  13. Rachel Smith says

    April 24, 2009 at 9:00 am

    Funny that so many people knew Bowser was a Mario character, but I still experienced a generation gap here as well. I remember Bowser from Super Mario Bro., the original Nintendo game, and I didn’t even think that kids today know him from Mario Kart and such. Funny!!

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  14. Mary Lib says

    April 24, 2009 at 9:09 am

    too funny —- I actually had this discussion yesterday with my grandson. When he started talking about “Bowser” , my first thought was “How do you even know him?” —then he set me straight on the Mario Kart game. Think I will find a picture of the “real” Bowser and set him straight — would probably scare him silly. Have a wonderful weekend…..Mary Lib

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  15. Alison says

    April 24, 2009 at 9:28 am

    As if there could be another Bower!

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  16. Hillary says

    April 24, 2009 at 9:52 am

    Mario Kart and Super Slugger – right?? LOL

    Hillary

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  17. Kim K says

    April 24, 2009 at 10:17 am

    That’s where I went, too.
    Funny, I had a conversation about Sha Na Na (& Bowser) with my 12 year old just last week…not sure HOW that came up but I’ll have to show him this post now.

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  18. Jaana says

    April 24, 2009 at 10:19 am

    HA!! I hope the dream was about her going all Mario on Bowser’s a**.

    The chasm just keeps getting wider and wider, doesn’t it?

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  19. tara says

    April 24, 2009 at 10:52 am

    that is HILARIOUS
    and that photo is STUNNING
    i wish i had taken it

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  20. Jennifer M. says

    April 24, 2009 at 11:14 am

    Hahahaha…

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  21. Ann Grounds says

    April 24, 2009 at 11:28 am

    LOL!!! Here, the family has been playing Mario Karts and I haven’t been paying attention to the names of the characters–let alone know there was another Bowser than in Sha Na Na. I’m familiar with Baby Peach cause that’s my 9 yr old’s favorite!

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  22. Ann Grounds says

    April 24, 2009 at 11:30 am

    Oh yeah, Cathy–beautiful shot…what lens are you using now?

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  23. kelli says

    April 24, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    Oh, Cathy, for once I am more hip than you are! I totally knew what she was talking about and Bowser from Sha-na-na was not even a thought. I will have a 13 yr. old in 4 days.

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  24. Heather Hillary says

    April 24, 2009 at 12:06 pm

    And TEENAGERS think GROWN UPS don’t know anything! HA!

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  25. Amber says

    April 24, 2009 at 12:52 pm

    Check out this YouTube video!


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  26. csuzanne says

    April 24, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    i love this shot – she is beautiful!
    bowser…brought back a lot of memories for me!!

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  27. Brigid G says

    April 24, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    Okay, I had to google Bowser because I, too, only know the one from Sha-na-na. Now, if she had said that Robert Smith or Dave Gahan were in her dream, THAT I would have understood.

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  28. Jodee says

    April 24, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    I’m in between the generations I guess because as I was reading I wasn’t sure which Bowser she was talking about! Until the end of the story of course. I think it’s weird that Bowser was in her dream, no matter which Bowser it was! LOL!

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  29. Dhilstad@telus.net says

    April 24, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    Oh, my gosh that cracked me up. Had to ask my Daughter and her friend who are now laughing at me BTW – Who is Bowser! Because I could only picture the greaser with the blac t-shirt.
    Thanks once again for the laugh!

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  30. Samantha VanArnhem says

    April 24, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    Well I pride myself in being a pretty hip nearly 40-year old but the only Bowser I know is from Sha-na-na. I guess I can officially kiss youth goodbye!

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  31. Nicky Hurt says

    April 24, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    I’m not even old enough to know who Bowser is. I recognize the name Sha Na Na though. And I’m 34. LOL

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  32. Sharon says

    April 24, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    I’m going to have to Google Sha Na Na. (shirking back into the corner) The only Bowser I know is Nintendo’s King of the Koopas. 🙂 (I just turned 30)

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  33. Darla says

    April 24, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    Thank you, Cathy, for bringing up a really cool memory of a really “cool” guy. Gotta call my mom now, and see if she will laugh when I ask her if she remembers us watching Sha Na Na together. Bowser was awesome, but her fave was Johnnie.

    Like many of the others, I did not know any other Bowzer existed.

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  34. Julie Mitchell from Montréal, Canada says

    April 24, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    Great one!!

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  35. gIDGet says

    April 24, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    Either way, she’s right….it was weird that Bowser was in her dream!!! I too, Googled Bowser, before glancing at the comments. I’m more of a Raving Rabbids geek.

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  36. Jennifer says

    April 24, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    I am so laughing right now – ha ha ha. Enjoy your wknd.

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  37. margie says

    April 24, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    LOL! Gosh, I’m really feeling ancient right now 😉
    TFS :*)

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  38. Tina says

    April 24, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    I was TOTALLY thinking Bowser from Sha-na-na as well! Oh, he used to move those biceps in a way that made my heart beat faster 🙂
    I think I was like 8.

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  39. Karen Greenfield says

    April 24, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    My daughter, Dinah, now 24, and I used to have a version of this conversation that I always thought was totally her own brand of cluelessness–she’d come home from school and say “guess what?! I’m invited to Kelly’s birthday party!” I’d reply, “How fun!! What shall we get her?” and Dinah would say “Who?” D will be glad to know it’s not just her….because we still have those conversations!

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  40. Liz Oram says

    April 24, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    I love the video-very “The Office”-ish…goodtimes
    :0)

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  41. Lara says

    April 25, 2009 at 8:58 am

    Gotta love Mario!

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  42. Sharon says

    April 25, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    My 15 yr. old daughter reading classified ads to me, “32 inch TV w/remote, mint condition. What does mint mean?” Me, “New or like new condition.” My 15 yr. old, “Awww, I was hoping it meant they were mint green.”

    Gotta luv em.

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  43. Tanya Gilmartin says

    April 25, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    “do do do do do do do DO- goodnight sweetheart, goodni-ighttt”

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  44. Nicola says

    April 26, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    Twitter name changes are automatically updated for followers.

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  45. cheryl says

    April 26, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    Bwahahaha.. OMG.. THAT is hysterical! Sha na na is exactly what I first thought of as well!!
    OMG.. I’m OLD!! bwahahaha
    🙂

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  46. Jennifer H says

    April 27, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    omg…how flippin funny & sad that i know the bowser you were referring to – boy i’m old

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  47. Wendy says

    April 27, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    I totally thought of Sha Na Na also! That is so FUNNY! I had to read it twice to figure out she meant Mario’s Bowser! Then I started cracking up!

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  48. Maddie says

    April 27, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    Cathy, there should be more blogs like yours out there! I really love your sense of humor. You make me laugh every time.

    As for Bowser… honestly, now a days there is only one true Bowser. Just check it out on Google Images. 🙂

    And please tell Aidan that after reading this post yesterday I totally had this weird Mario Party dream. And of course, Bowser was there. 😉

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  49. Joscie says

    April 27, 2009 at 8:50 pm

    we have Mario lovers in our family too, in fact I just painted some super mario, bowser and super luigi paintings 😉 I Totally forgot about sha-na-na until you mentioned it. so so funny!

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