And NO I’m not talking about women!

Thanksgiving weekend our church had it’s quarterly coffee house. This is comprised of people reading poems, short stories and usually a few local garage bands. This last one, through a series of events too long and inconsequential to explain, brought in a large number of EMO folk. Being an antiquated old fart at the age of 45 I had to have our college intern explain to me what an EMO is.

Well I’m happy to say, I’m not the only clueless oldster. Here is an IM conversation between a good friend of mine and her brother. IM names have been changed to protect the decrepitly ancient.

Momoo: Logical: hello
Logical: what is "emo"
Momoo: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo
Logical: old fart…..no kids
Momoo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28slang%29
Momoo: some kids are into it to the point where they cut themselves, not because they’re depressed, but they want to look emo
Logical: ok….I now know too much
Logical: maybe they just realize they have to pay for their parents social security
Momoo: that could be IT!

Which just goes to further prove the need for Social Security reform.