Guest guest Posted April 23, 2001 Report Share Posted April 23, 2001 > Close your eyes.....And go back in time.... > > > Before the Internet or the Mac, Before semi automatics and crack > > Before SEGA or Super Nintendo... > Way back........ > > I'm talking about hide and seek at dusk. > > The Dickie Dee man, > > Red light, green light. > > The corner store. > > Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch, jacks, kickball,dodgeball. > > Mother May I? Red Rover and RolyPoly > > Hula Hoops > > Running through the sprinkler > > The smell of the sun and licking salty lips.... > > Wax lips and mustaches > > An ice cream cone on a warm summer night: Chocolate or vanilla or > strawberry or maybe butter pecan. > > Wait...... > > Watching Saturday Morning cartoons...short commercials, Fat Albert, Road > Runner, > He-Man, The Three Stooges, and Bugs, Or staying up for Gunsmoke > > When around the corner seemed far away, And going downtown seemed like > going somewhere. > > A million mosquito bites. > > Sticky fingers. > > Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, Zorro. > > Climbing trees, Building igloos out of snow banks > > Walking to school, no matter what the weather. > > Running till you were out of breath > > > > Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt. > > Jumping on the bed. Pillow fights. > > Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles. > > Being tired from playing.... Remember that? > > The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team. > > War was a card game. > > Water balloons were the ultimate weapon. > > Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle. > > I'm not finished just yet... > > Eating Kool-aid powder....with your finger, out of the pouch. > > Remember when...there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys > (KedsPF Flyers) and the only time you wore them at school, was for > " gym. " > > It wasn't odd to have two or three " best " friends. > > When nobody owned a purebred dog. > > When a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter a miracle. > > When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. > > When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there. > > It was magic when dad would " remove " his thumb. > > When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a > real restaurant with your parents. > > When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school,if then. > > When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to > carry groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. > > When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed ..and did! > > When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the > fate > that awaited a misbehaving student at home. > > Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of > drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. > > Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! and some of us > are still afraid of them!!! > > Didn't that feel good.. just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! > > Remember when............ > Decisions were made by going " eeny-meeny-miney-mo. " > > Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, " do over! " > > " Race issue " meant arguing about who ran the fastest. > > Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in " Monopoly. " > > The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties. > > It was unbelievable that dodgeball wasn't an Olympic event. > > Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a slingshot. > > Nobody was prettier than Mom. > > Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better. > > Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin. > > Ice cream was considered a basic food group. > > Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true. > > Abilities were discovered because of a " double-dog-dare. " > > Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest > protectors. > > If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!! > > Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their " grown up " > life... > > I DOUBLE DOG DARE YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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