Elf Mommy
Well-Known Member
Peopleover 30 should be dead. Here's why...................
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us whowerekids in the40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early
probablyshouldn'thave survived.
Our babycribs
werecovered with bright colored lead-based paint.
We had no childproof lids on medicinebottles
,doors or cabinets, ...
and when we rode our bikes, we had nohelmets.
(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 pickuptruck
on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from abottle.
Horrors!
We atecupcakes
,bread andbutter
,and drank soda pop
with sugar in it,
but we were never overweight
becausewe were always outside playing.
We shared one softdrink
withfour friends, from one bottle, and no oneactuallydied from this.
We would spend hoursbuilding
ourgo-carts out of scraps and then rodedownthe hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes..
After running into the bushes a fewtimes
,we learned to solvetheproblem.
We would leave home in themorning
andplay allday
,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 havePlaystations,
Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no videogames
atall, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surroundsound,
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 ballwould reallyhurt
.
We fell out oftrees
,gotcut
andbroke bones
and[size=2PT]teeth
,and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
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]]They were accidents. No one was to blame but us.
Remember accidents?
We hadfights
andpunched eachother
andgot black and blue
and learned to get over it.
We made up games with sticks and tennisballs
andateworms
,and although we were told it would happen, we did not put
out very many eyes
, nordid the worms live inside us forever.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home
andknocked on thedoor
,or rang the bellor just walked in
and talkedtothem
.
LittleLeague
hadtryouts 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 wereexpected
.The idea of a parent bailing us out if we brokea law was unheard of They actually sided with the law. Imaginethat!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solversand inventors, ever.
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation andnewideas.
We had freedom, failure,success
andresponsibility, and we learned
how to deal with it all. Andyou're one of them!Congratulations!
Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to growup askids,
before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our owngood !!!!!
People under 30 areWIMPS
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According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us whowerekids in the40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early
Our babycribs
We had no childproof lids on medicinebottles
and when we rode our bikes, we had nohelmets.
(Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.)
As children, we would ride in cars
We drank water from the garden hose and not from abottle.
We atecupcakes
but we were never overweight
We shared one softdrink
We would spend hoursbuilding
After running into the bushes a fewtimes
We would leave home in themorning
No one was able to reach us all day.
NO CELL PHONES!!!!!
Unthinkable!
We did not havePlaystations,
personal cell phones, personal computers
We had friends!
them. We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ballwould reallyhurt
We fell out oftrees
[/FONT][/size]
]]They were accidents. No one was to blame but us.
Remember accidents?
We hadfights
and learned to get over it.
We made up games with sticks and tennisballs
out very many eyes
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home
LittleLeague
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.
Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own.
Consequences wereexpected
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solversand inventors, ever.
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation andnewideas.
We had freedom, failure,success
how to deal with it all. Andyou're one of them!Congratulations!
Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to growup askids,
before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our owngood !!!!!
People under 30 areWIMPS