Faine Greenwood: When we’re all in our 90s, the youth are going to wonder why, whenever we hear someone refer to the number sixty nine, we all bow our heads and whisper “nice” - as if moved by religious fervor

When we’re all in our 90s, the youth are going to wonder why, whenever we hear someone refer to the number sixty nine, we all bow our heads and whisper “nice” - as if moved by religious fervor

When my kid was learning to count, he thought the number after 69 was Nice. 67, 68, 69, Nice, 70.

I graduated from junior high in 1969. We all got little pins with the school initials and connected by a little chain, “69”. We couldn’t stop laughing.

nice

As a parent of Gen Z kids, I’m pleased to report that it transcends generational boundaries

Nice.

The real one will be when kids stop knowing about "press F to pay respects"

That one's already hilarious cos boomers on Facebook comment "f" to indicate a post they want to follow so someone enquires in the neighbourhood group about cheap lawn mowing and everyone f's in chat.

I often think how "git gud scrub" will soon become a phrase in usage in old age homes.

Wait, if we're actually at each other's funerals, do we still say f?

One intrepid explorer will discover the secret and it will cause his hair to go white in terror, and he will spend the rest of his life curled in a ball muttering, “no, not nice, not nice.”

If I survive into my 90s, I have failed

Well, yes

My maternal line is either: lives into 90s or dies of nasty disease/illness in 30s/40s and grandma brings up kids. I’ve pretty much made it past the latter so I’m expecting former. (I may mess up the stats by having Long Covid, though.)

the ladies in my family turn to teak as we age, so i fully expect to be around well past 90. my gram is over 100 now.

Hoping to make it to 96 (ǝɔᴉu)

much less crass than chanting "dinner for two!" i suppose.

What’s 138, an orgy or a buffet?

69 was 'the sex number' as far back as revolutionary France, I don't see that changing soon.

I once saw a house for sale on 69th St with a “Humps Ahead” sign in the yard (for the speed bumps on the road) and 15 year old me was internally screaming at me to buy the house no question asked.

My 13 year old daughter will point out the number like “hee hee”, but when I ask her to explain to me what it means (lol, I’m the worst mom), she refuses. I haven’t the faintest clue if she knows, but I’m trying to teach her the proper response is “niiice”

As a kid when I watched Bill and Ted’s I believed it was proof that they really did time travel

I fully plan on being the doddering old in hospice who no longer remembers thier own name, but will belt out the theme song to any 80's or 90's cartoon / TV show if given a few notes

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I don't think the joke will be passé, it's not recent!

They won't wonder. They'll think they invented it--just like we did.

Or we could all laugh and go, "Sixty nine!" Ala Billy Madison.

They have forgotten the old ways

Prudes.

And all the Bill and Ted fans will still be saying 'Dude!'

The youth will surely just call it 2nd base by then

I don't think it will be forgotten at all, it's very old. This song is 56 year old. And the first documented reference dates back from 1791 in French.

Serge Gainsbourg et Jane Birkin "69 année érotique" | Archive INAwww.youtube.com Abonnez-vous http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=inachansons Tous en scène : émission du 28 Mars 1969 Serge GAINSBOURG assis devant un piano à queue et Jane BIRKIN allongée sur le piano chantent "69 année érotique" Images d'archive INA Institut National de l'Audiovisuel http://www.ina.fr

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