ladyrowan
July 16th, 2001, 01:58 PM
I was sent this by a cousin, oh the memories!........
Close your eyes and go back in time to your childhood...
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac.
Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
Way back........
I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
The corner shop.
Hopscotch.
Skipping.
Handstands.
Football with an old can.
Fingerbobs.
Beano, Twinkle.
Hoola Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
Bazooka Joe bubble gum.
Wait......
Your favourite TV programme was Watch With Mother -
In black and white because there was no colour TV
When around the corner seemed far away and going
into town seemed like going
somewhere.
Holidays were in a caravan or tent, never abroad
Earwigs, wasps and bee stings.
Sticky fingers.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and 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.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike
into a motorcycle.
Remember when...
There were two types of trainers - girls and boys,
and Dunlop Green Flash -
and the only time you wore them was at school for
P.E.
You knew everyone in your street - and so did your
parents.
You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.
When 5 shillings was decent pocket money
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids
got home from school.
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 any parent could discipline any kid, or feed
him or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid,
though anything of it
Everywhere was quiet on Sunday
When being sent to the head's office was nothing
compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at
home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives, but wasn't because of
drive-by shootings, drugs or gangs.
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 " Ip Dip Dog Shit ."
(yeah I know)
"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 germs.
And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one.
It was unbelievable that British Bulldog wasn't an
Olympic event.
Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a
catapult.
Nobody was prettier than Mum.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable
aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true
Waking up to ice on the INSIDE of the windows, and
Shivering until the fire was built and lit
and then coughing from all the smoke coming from it!
The summers seemed longer and hotter
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...
GO ON I DOUBLE-DARE YOU
--
Close your eyes and go back in time to your childhood...
Before the Internet or the Apple Mac.
Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack....
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...
Way back........
I'm talking about Hide and Seek in the park.
The corner shop.
Hopscotch.
Skipping.
Handstands.
Football with an old can.
Fingerbobs.
Beano, Twinkle.
Hoola Hoops, jumping the stream, building dams.
Bazooka Joe bubble gum.
Wait......
Your favourite TV programme was Watch With Mother -
In black and white because there was no colour TV
When around the corner seemed far away and going
into town seemed like going
somewhere.
Holidays were in a caravan or tent, never abroad
Earwigs, wasps and bee stings.
Sticky fingers.
Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and 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.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon
Football cards in the spokes transformed any bike
into a motorcycle.
Remember when...
There were two types of trainers - girls and boys,
and Dunlop Green Flash -
and the only time you wore them was at school for
P.E.
You knew everyone in your street - and so did your
parents.
You didn't sleep a wink on Christmas eve.
When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.
When 5 shillings was decent pocket money
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.
When nearly everyone's mum was at home when the kids
got home from school.
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 any parent could discipline any kid, or feed
him or use him to carry groceries and nobody, not even the kid,
though anything of it
Everywhere was quiet on Sunday
When being sent to the head's office was nothing
compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at
home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives, but wasn't because of
drive-by shootings, drugs or gangs.
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 " Ip Dip Dog Shit ."
(yeah I know)
"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 germs.
And the worst thing in your day was having to sit next to one.
It was unbelievable that British Bulldog wasn't an
Olympic event.
Having a weapon in school, meant being caught with a
catapult.
Nobody was prettier than Mum.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
Taking drugs meant orange-flavoured chewable
aspirin.
Ice cream was considered a basic food group
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true
Waking up to ice on the INSIDE of the windows, and
Shivering until the fire was built and lit
and then coughing from all the smoke coming from it!
The summers seemed longer and hotter
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...
GO ON I DOUBLE-DARE YOU
--