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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Flash:''' So, Jeeves, do you come with the place or does "Master Bruce" rent you for parties?
'''Alfred:''' I've been in service here since [[Batman|the master]] was in diapers.
'''Flash:''' Now there's an image.|''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]''}}
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Compare [[When I Was Your Age]], [[Years Too Early]].
Contrast [[Glory Days]].
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* A variation, but with upbringing instead of age, is done in ''[[Battlefield Earth (film)|Battlefield Earth]]''.
{{quote|"While you were still learning how to ''[[Large Ham|spell your name]]'', I was being trained ''[[Chewing the Scenery|to conquer galaxies]]''!"}}
* In ''[[Blue Thunder]]'', Braddock says he's was in the police force when new recruit Lymangood was "watching cartoons" and "eating a fudgesical".
* A variant of this occurs in [[Point Break]] with Gary Busey telling Keanu Reeves " I was takin' shrapnel in Khe Sanh when you were crappin' in your hands and rubbin' it on your face!"
* From ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''
{{quote|'''Vernon T. Waldrip:''' I can't switch sides in the middle of a campaign. Especially to work for a man who lacks moral fiber.
'''Pappy O'Daniel:''' Moral fiber? Why, you little pasty-face sumbitch. I invented moral fiber! Pappy O'Daniel was displaying rectitude and high-mindedness when that egghead you work for was still messing his drawers! }}
* One elf in ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]'' dislikes [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|being mistaken for a kid]]. "I have pointy shoes that are older than you."
== [[Literature]] ==
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* In ''[[Neuromancer]]'', the Finn wearily observes "I gotta pair a ''shoes'' older than you."
* In ''[[The Candy Shop War]],'' Nate tells Mr. Stott that {{spoiler|Belinda White}} has claimed that Hanaver Mills is her ancestor. Mr. Stott's response? " {{spoiler|Belinda White}} has been using magic since Hanaver Mills was in diapers."
* ''[http://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poems_junkandhow.htm The Junk and the Dhow]'' by [[Rudyard Kipling]], as a friendly reminder to his compatriots that being kings of the sea currently [[
* In ''[[Northanger Abbey]]'', Catherine is surprised to discover that her love interest Henry Tilney shares her enjoyment of Gothic novels. He cheerfully replies that given how much older he is, he's almost certainly read lots ''more'' of them than she has.
* In ''[[Anne of Green Gables|Anne's House of Dreams]]'', Miss Cornelia uses this to crush an obnoxious minister.
* In the ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine
* In the ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' series, Mudclaw is told to show more respect to his dying leader, Tallstar, because Tallstar was leader when Mudclaw was a kit mewling in the nursery.
* ''River Song'': "This guy fought fires when you were still sucking on your mother's ***."
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'':
{{quote|'''Riboflavin''': "Please! I invented this cloak design when your great great great great great grandpa was a larva, and nobody knows how it works but me. We're fine!"}}
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