banshee76179 Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 I got this at work in a email..Pretty Damn funny and THE TRUTH! It had all the little smileys that went with it but, It wouldn't let me post them ..Too many images!! People over 30 should be dead. Here's why .................... According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived. Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles , doors or cabinets, ... and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.) As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors! We ate cupcakes, bread and butter , and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.. After running into the bushes a few times , we learned to solve the problem. We would leave home in the morning and play all day , as long as we were back when the street lights came on . No one was able to reach us all day. NO CELL PHONES!!!!! Unthinkable! We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers , or Internet chat rooms . We had friends! We went outside and found them. We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt . We fell out of trees , got cut and broke bones and teeth , and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents? We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms , and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes , nor did the worms live inside us forever. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door , or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors! Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected . The id ea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that! This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And you're one of them! Congratulations! Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good !!!!! People under 30 are WIMPS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyman Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 AMEN brother AMEN and one more thing... The neighbor saying "I'm gonna tell your dad" actually meant your were gonna get in trouble and not just a time out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 (edited) hahaha.... That is some funny shit!!.. remember the playgrounds we had? Heavy steel, with sharp edges!!..Not this molded plastic, coner caps(idiot covers) they use now..Oh and if you fell off the slide, chances were that youd most likely break something from landing on the CONCRETE! now they use this bouncy foam type stuff on the ground... Edited December 2, 2004 by Otis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefreak Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 yeah i remember the good ole days when i would ride in the back window of a car... you can't do that anymore..... hell one time we went to texas for a funeral and had a truck with a topper it was so hott we had the back glass open its a surprise we did not die from the fumes coming out of the ole mans duel exhaust... we had to ride in the back cus this was all we had was a truck and 5 in the family... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYUK Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 i had to ride in the back of a pick up truck all year round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheefreak Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 yeah i have rode in back of truck plenty of times not to bad just sitting there bu with a topper the fumes come in and don't leave.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 i hate that. cause its true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NugShee Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Remeber the days when your dad would hand you a pocket knife and tell you to go widdle. We all made rubber band guns and ran around the neighborhood shooting things. I remeber when Copenhagen was ok at school and guess what, yes a day at school was a full 8 hours not this half day stuff that most kids have now days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee76179 Posted December 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 , yes a day at school was a full 8 hours not this half day stuff that most kids have now days. 287805[/snapback] And U had to wear long pants and be clean shaved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenBB Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Haha yeah them were the days...had to walk to school in 3' of snow...uphill...both ways!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalegoldston Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 I have a three year old, and wonder what his generation will have to face in this world. It has change so much in my 40 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer714 Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 AMEN BROTHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enFORCER Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Hey back when I was in High School there was a smoking area for the Students... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilgf Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Only too true. Political correctness gone mad now though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaxy Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Amen, Oh yes the good old days, The hell with going to the corner, your parent beat the shit out of ya. Man did you learn fast and how about the soap in the mouth trick, goddd I hated that. Oh yes the good ole days. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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