It’s 2013 and you’ve just celebrated another birthday. It may be a significant one, may not be – but a birthday nonetheless. Here are 10 random tidbits that you can use as a benchmark to determine whether or not you really are old. If you can relate to any one of these then … well … let’s just say you really are getting on in years. 🙂
Read on …
You’ve been watching FRIENDS re-runs for almost 10 years. Monica and Chandler, Ross and Rachel, Joey, and Phoebe had their last coffee at the Central Perk in 2004.
It’s almost been 12 years since you last watched Daria on MTV. The series’ last episode aired in 2002.
Heath Ledger sang his way into your heart 14 years ago. Remember when he serenaded Julia Stiles in the film 10 Things I Hate About You? That film was released in 1999!
It’s been 16 years since you Leo and Kate first teamed up. Their blockbuster film, Titanic was released way back in 1997.
Cher Horrowitz, played by Alicia Silverstone in the film Clueless, introduced us to the catch phrase “As If!” almost 18 years ago. And if Cher were a real person, she would be in her mid 30’s! Alicia Silverstone’s Clueless was filmed in 1995!
Justin Bieber was born in 1994 – the same year the Spice Girls were formed.
It’s been 20 years since Joaquin Phoenix’s older brother River passed away. He died of a drug overdose in 1993.
Blossom, the TV series Mayim Bialik was first known for, was first aired in 1991 – a whole 16 years before Mayim appeared again, now as Amy Farrah Fowler in The Big Bang Theory.
Ariel, Flounder and Sebastien first captured our hearts 24 years ago, when Disney released the animated version of The Little Mermaid in 1989. If Ariel was 16 then, she would be 40 now!
If you had a child when Madonna’s Hit Single, Like A Virgin first went on air, your child would be 29! Yes, Like a Virgin was first released in 1984 – almost 3 decades ago.
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