BORN BEFORE 1988? THEN YOU ARE OLD!

Every year Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, publishes "The Mindset List" -- facts and figures about the incoming crop of freshmen so professors will be able to relate to their new students. Most of today's college freshmen were born in 1988 and...
· The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union.
· They have known only two presidents.
· For most of their lives, major U.S. airlines have been bankrupt.
· Manuel Noriega has always been in jail in the United States.
· They have grown up getting lost in "big boxes."
· There has always been only one Germany.
· They have never heard anyone actually "ring it up" on a cash register.
· They are wireless, yet always connected.
· A stained blue dress is as famous to their generation as a third-rate burglary was to their parents'.
· A coffee has always taken longer to make than a milkshake.
· Smoking has never been permitted on U.S. airlines.
· Faux fur has always been a necessary element of style.
· They have never had to distinguish between the St. Louis Cardinals baseball and football teams.
· They grew up with and have outgrown faxing as a means of communication.
· "Google" has always been a verb.
· Text messaging is their e-mail.
· Mr. Rogers, not Walter Cronkite, has always been the most trusted man in America.
· Bar codes have always been on everything, from library cards and snail mail to retail items.
· Madden has always been a game, not a Super Bowl-winning coach.
· Carbon copies are oddities found in their grandparents' attics.
· Reality shows have always been on television.
· They have no idea why we needed to ask "...can we all get along?"
· Young women's fashions have never been concerned with where the waist is.
· They have rarely mailed anything using a stamp.
· Brides have always worn white for a first, second or third wedding.
· They have always been able to watch wars and revolutions live on television.
· Green tea has always been marketed for health purposes.
· Public school officials have always had the right to censor school newspapers.
· Michael Moore has always been showing up uninvited.
· Sara Lee has always made underwear.
· Bad behavior has always been getting captured on amateur videos.
· Disneyland has always been in Europe and Asia.
· They never saw Bernard Shaw on CNN.
· Beach volleyball has always been a recognized sport.
· Television stations have never concluded the broadcast day with the national anthem.
· Dolphin-free canned tuna has always been on sale.
· Disposable contact lenses have always been available.
· Ringo Starr has always been clean and sober.
· Professional athletes have always competed in the Olympics.

THE FIVE WORST FOODS YOU CAN EAT Why are all these foods my favorites?

Nothing could get your day off to a better start than a lip smacking breakfast of eggs Benedict with hollandaise sauce, right? Wrong. Unless you like starting your day with the number one worst food in the world, according to a report in Forbes magazine.

1. Eggs Benedict may wake up your taste buds, but an average serving is packed with a whopping 72 grams of fat and 1,000 calories. The popular egg dish tops Forbes' list of unhealthy foods.

2. Running a close second is the all-American cheeseburger. Loaded with saturated fats, these 1,000 calorie conglomerations of fried red meat, cheese and refined white bread can contribute to heart disease, stroke and prostate or colon cancer.

3. Duck confit, which is duck meat preserved in salt and its own fat, comes in third, weighing in with 60 grams of fat and 1,000 calories. Even though duck is poultry, it isn't to be confused with the white meat of chicken because it can have more fat than a juicy steak.

4. Fourth on the list is fondue, which has a little less fat, 50 grams, but a waist-expanding 1,300 calories. And the globs of globs of melted cheese are guaranteed to send your cholesterol level into the stratosphere.

5. Rounding out the top five is fettuccine Alfredo, a creamy 500 calories concoction of pasta, cheese, butter and cream. Says Dr. James Kenny of the Pritikin Longevity Center in Florida: "We call fettuccine Alfredo the 'triple bypass special'."

NATIONAL UNDERWEAR DAY: Today (August 9th) is National Underwear Day. In honor of the milestone, Freshpair.com asked visitors to its website to reveal what types of underwear they wear. Here are the results (note that a respondent could choose more than one category):
· Women
37% - Bikini briefs
23% - Briefs
19% - Thongs
17% - Boy shorts
4% - Other

· Men
41% - Briefs
27% - Boxer briefs
14% - Trunks
12% - Boxers
4% - Thongs
2% - Other
National Underwear Day -- Who knew your underwear could be so revealing?