“Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.”

—  Douglas Adams , book The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Variant: You're so unhip, it's a wonder your bum doesn't fall off.
Source: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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