The Nineteen-Sixties
THE NINETEEN-SIXTIES
-Mr. President! Did you hear about Woodstock?
-Woo- Woodstock? What in God’s name is that?
-Apparently, young people hate the war so much they’re willing to participate in a musical sex festival as a protest against it.
-Oh, my God. They must really be serious about this whole thing.
-That’s not all. Some of them are threatening to join communes: places where they make their own clothing . . . and beat on drums.
-Stop the war.
-But, Mr. President!
-Stop all American wars!
-(sighs) Very well, sir. I’ll go tell the generals.
-Wow. It’s a good thing those kids decided to go hear music. ♦
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