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Senior nostalgia

candyagain — Wed, 03 May 2023 21:15:42 GMT

For some of us...

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Still Raining — Wed, 03 May 2023 21:17:00 GMT

Thanks for the laugh. Too true.

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catter70 — Wed, 03 May 2023 21:19:35 GMT

Good one.

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spiderw — Wed, 03 May 2023 21:21:49 GMT

Funny one!!!!!! Loved Woodstock!!

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ValuSkr — Wed, 03 May 2023 21:30:34 GMT

Must be an inside joke for arthritis sufferers?

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Mz iMac — Wed, 03 May 2023 21:47:17 GMT

I don't get it either. I was at Woodstock & I don't have arthritis.

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kitcat51 — Wed, 03 May 2023 22:19:08 GMT

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rockygems123 — Wed, 03 May 2023 22:38:38 GMT

@Mz iMac . Same here on both points.

@candyagain Can you explain? Thanks!

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hckynutjohn — Wed, 03 May 2023 23:05:06 GMT

I wasn't at Woodgate, and I do have arthritis in many joints of my body. These are the type one gets from wear and tear from a job/athletics, and injuries. Not the type that could be connected to my genetics.

For me, I prefer my body wearing out from doing activities I love, as opposed to them rusting out being bored, by sitting on my ass.

hckynut 🇺🇸

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AuntG — Wed, 03 May 2023 23:09:34 GMT

Am I to assume they take drugs at rock concerts?

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OKPrincess — Wed, 03 May 2023 23:32:20 GMT

I don't get it either and I have arthritis 🤓

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taquito — Thu, 04 May 2023 02:01:50 GMT

I got it! I was a kid so wasn't at Woodstock, but I remembered seeing footage of this .....

Festival sponsors urged people over a loudspeaker to keep calm, and warned youngsters against accepting bad drugs. Several people became seriously ill after taking bad LSD, and the sponsors announced that someone was selling "bad acid".

So this is poking fun about if Woodstock was held today with the original audience that would all be older by now.

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mamaslittlepotato — Thu, 04 May 2023 03:55:23 GMT

I still don’t get it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Cakers3 — Thu, 04 May 2023 05:04:37 GMT

The announcement at the original Woodstock was that the BROWN ACID was possibly "not too good".

Since there were reports of "bad trips" relating to LSD; the warning came from one of the persons in charge of the festival.

This cartoon is a take away from the brown acid.

Brown acid-young people at Woodstock.

Brown arthritis pills-old people reliving Woodstock today.

It's a joke.

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Cakers3 — Thu, 04 May 2023 05:07:49 GMT

@taquito you almost had it but not quite accurate.

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Still Raining — Thu, 04 May 2023 16:13:56 GMT

Think I am glad I had a misspent youth. Such announcements were common in other festivals back in the day.

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candyagain — Thu, 04 May 2023 16:32:10 GMT

@rockygems123 wrote:
@Mz iMac . Same here on both points.

@candyagain Can you explain? Thanks!

Good explanations from other posters. If you weren't around in the 60's you might not get it.

I was supposed to go to Woodstock and bowed out when the group I was going to go with expanded with people I wasn't sure about. Stayed back in Boston and watched the news coverage. Never regretted my decision. Great concert, lousy planning.

A joke for seniors only I guess. I LOL'd!

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Jk9 — Thu, 04 May 2023 16:47:11 GMT

I didn't go to Woodstock but I got it. Guess you had to be young back then to understand the humor.

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catter70 — Thu, 04 May 2023 21:08:33 GMT

@Cakers3 , was the announcer Wavy Gravy?

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Cakers3 — Fri, 05 May 2023 13:32:30 GMT

@catter70 wrote:
@Cakers3 , was the announcer Wavy Gravy?

@catter70 Chip Monck made the brown acid announcement.

Wavy Gravy made other announcements including the "freak out tents" for people on bad trips. I believe that caused the belief that he made the brown acid announcement.

Wavy Gravy made the "breakfast in bed" announcement, too.