Jackalope

Ricer from "rice rocket" is usually used when talking about motorcycles. I've more commonly heard "riceboy" used when talking about cars. Riceboys mod their cars to make them look as if they go fast, but the mods are usually non-functional. Riceboys and homeboys here in Oakland mod their cars up for "sideshows" or what used to be called a drag race. In the San Francisco Bay area, no one is going to use the term "drag" to mean anything but cross-dressing.


Damn, the RiceBoy domain has gotten swiped by cybersquatters. I was going to direct y'all to the definitive page on riceboy cars.

And "automatic" is now standard. Even the new Porches, Corvettes, and Z350s come with automatic transmission as part of the "standard" package. Manual transmission can no longer be considered "standard."

Jackalope

I take it back. My IP setup was hijacked, someone figured out how to tag a new nameserver onto the end of my entries. "Scumware" is right in this case. I'm still trying to figure out how they did that...

Anyway, Brian's Rice Boy Page
Uncle Ben Racing Page

Kilted Canuck

I'm 17, and I get some of these, but not all:

1. Ricky Nelson, Richard Burton, Samantha Smith, Laura Ashley, Orson Welles, Karen Ann Quinlin, Benigno Aquino, and the U.S. Football League have always been dead. --I only recognise Orson Welles' name, the rest I don't have a clue.

3. Iraq has always been a problem. --I was in kindergarden during the Gulf War I

5. Paul Newman has always made salad dressing. --no, he's always been the star of SLAP SHOT

6. Pete Rose has always been a gambler--???

8. An automatic is a weapon, not a transmission. ---Yep, but the transmission is easier to drive.

9. Russian leaders have always looked like leaders everyplace else. --Boris Yeltson was a drunk, thats all I remember

11. There has always been a screening test for AIDS.--Yep

12. Gas has always been unleaded.---I always wondered what 'Unleaded fule only' meant on cars.

19. They have never been able to find the "return" key. ---my elementary school had Mac Classics, so I know all about the return key

20. Computers have always fit in their backpacks.---not at all. My old 286 weighed more than I did at the time!

21. Datsuns have never been made. ---But my dad had one with rally lights and a roll cage, but I was too young to appreciate that car

22. They have never gotten excited over a telegram, a long distance call, or a fax.---Tru dat!

23. The Osmonds are just talk show hosts. ---I thought Ozzy was a punk....oh.

27. Test tube babies are now having their own babies. ---I vaguely remember a story about test tube babies when I was little...

28. Stores have always had scanners at the checkout.---thats true for me

30. Adam and PC Junior computers had vanished from the market before this generation went online. ---???

31. The Statue of Liberty has always had a gleaming torch.---ever since I saw ghostbusters!

32. They have always had a pin number. ---oh you mean a PI Number, or a PIN.

33. Banana Republic has always been a store, not a puppet government in Latin America.--- I thought they made suntan lotion

41. They have always been able to make photocopies at home. -- Nope, and never had

43. They have always been able to make phone calls from planes.---my parent's wouldn't let me, they said it was too expensive.

47. Rock and Roll has always been a force for social good. ---hasn't it always?

And some of the things which will separate them from other generations in terms of things they know and others are less familiar with-

1. For many of them today, it's all about the "bling, bling." ---Only if you're in the hip-hop clique at high school.

2. They know who the "Heroes in a half shell" are. ---TURTLE POWER!

3. Peeps are not a candy, they are your friends. --hehe, I like marshmellows.

4. They have been "dissing" and "burning" things all their lives.---Like ants with maginfying glasses?

5. They can expect to get a ticket for "ricing out their wheels." ---Only in certain Jurisdictions

6. They knew how to pop a Popple and trade a Pog. ---Pogs became popular when I was in the 4th grade. My friend collected every single official pog, they still remain in a box under his bed.

7. They can still sing the rap chorus to the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and the theme song from "Duck Tales."---West Phillidelphia, born and raised...


My 17th birthday was a month or so ago, but this thread made me realize how old I was, and I'm almost an ADULT, thats just whack...

The Bobby Llama

Funny, I thought they were referring to the Return key on typewriters. Or maybe I'm just too old school (at 22).