Warped sense of humor

[SEM]

Definitely not for those who are regularly under the influence or intoxicated...

INEED ONE OF THESE!!!!!

 

[SEM]

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Sorry this is so long, but I thought it needed to be posted...so many of us qualify


The best years to be born in the history of Earth & we got to experience it all. Thank God for all the times, the adventures, wars won, technology developed. Generations after future generations will never experience what we did. What a generation we turned out to be.

To Those of Us Born
1925 - 1955:
~~~~~~~~~
TO ALL THE
KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1930’s, 40’s, and 50’s !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who may have smoked and/or drank - While they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then, after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs
Covered with bright colored
Lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets,
And, when we rode our bikes,
We had baseball caps,
Not helmets, on our heads.


As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes..


Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And we weren't overweight.
WHY?
Because we were always outside playing...that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day .. .
And, we were OKAY.

We would spend hours building
Our go-carts out of scraps and
then ride them down the hill,

Only to find out that we forgot about brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned To Solve the problem.

We did not
Have Play Stations, Nintendo
and X-boxes. There were
No video games,
No 150 channels on cable,
No video movies
Or DVDs,
No surround-sound or CDs,
No cell phones,
No personal computers,
No Internet and
No chat rooms.
WE HAD FRIENDS
And we went
Outside and found them!

We fell out of
trees, got cut,
Broke bones and
Lost teeth,
And there were
No lawsuits
From those accidents.

We would get
Spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand,
And no one would call child services to report abuse.

We ate worms,
And mud pies
Made from dirt,
And
The worms did
Not live in us forever.

We were given
BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
22 rifles for our 12th, rode horses,
made up games with sticks and
tennis balls, and

-although we were
Told it would happen- we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes
Or walked to a friend's house 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.

Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent
Bailing us out
If we broke the law
was unheard of ...
They actually sided with the law!

These generations have
Produced some of the best risk-takers,
Problem solvers, and
Inventors ever.

The past 60 to 85 years
Have seen an explosion
of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom,
Failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned

How to deal with it all.

If YOU are One of those born
Between 1925-1955, CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want
to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids before the lawyers
and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.

While you are at it,
forward it to your kids,
so they will know
how brave and lucky
their parents were.

Kind of makes
you want to run through the house
with scissors, doesn't it ?
~~~~~~~

yeah you guys screwed everything up, Thanks... no fun left for those of us born just a few years later, Our parents figured it out.....

 

[Pwc]

Yeyeah you guys screwed everything up, Thanks... no fun left for those of us born just a few years later, Our parents figured it out.....

No, your parents didn't figure it out, that's why things are as they are now.

 

[centerlineseal]

True story. I went to high school with a fellow named "Richard Head". I never understood how his parents survived!

 

[SEM]

True story. I went to high school with a fellow named "Richard Head". I never understood how his parents survived!

I have a customer known him 30 years plus, Richard Dangles, I have never sunk to the level to say anything, but sure have thought it a time or two

 

[blackwidowp61]

True story. I went to high school with a fellow named "Richard Head". I never understood how his parents survived!

I can't resist...book title

You're A Loser by Ima Head

 

[1lnbrdg]

Harry Butt had 2 daughters my age in high school. Both were cheer leaders.

Both had regular 1st names but their last name was still Butt.

 

[T-shooter]

I thought the name Dick Trickle was funny, but he's a well known racer.

 

[dogdude]

True story. I went to high school with a fellow named "Richard Head". I never understood how his parents survived!

Grew up with a girl named Mary Christmas..not kidding. Cruel parents.

 

[Riesel]

I have an insurance agent named Misty Mountain. I always wonder if she was just drawn to the guy with a last name of "Mountain".

 

[Ol’ Ed]

We had a vice-president in the early 80’s whose name was “Harold Peter”. We’d be in meetings and the president, who was a bit of an instigator, insisted only calling him “Harry Peter” just so he could watch us struggle not to laugh. I’d literally bite my tongue. Good times.

 

[hogpatrol]

 

[6ShotsOr5?]

Reasons Why We Survived:

Lawyers were only a small percentage of the population.

Fewer Doctors.

Electronic media and electronic entertainment didn't exist in its present form

Government was not in the business of "taking care" of us

Feel free to add to the list.

We were allowed to experience natural consequences rather than being protected from them.

 

[KMart]

We were allowed to experience natural consequences rather than being protected from them.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. – Vern Law

 

[eas1949]

 

[centerlineseal]

You just can't make this kinda' sh!t up.

 

[nmkid]

I knew a fellow in California whose name was Dick Longest. Back in them days we all had a local telephone book and all names were listed with the last name first!! True story.

 

[Robert Weidler]

Bad times create Strong Men; Strong Men create good times; Good times create Weak Men; Weak Men create bad times.

 

[wedgy]

 

[KMart]

Harry Butt had 2 daughters my age in high school. Both were cheer leaders.

Both had regular 1st names but their last name was still Butt.

So did this guy. He created a huge grocery empire.....H-E-B
1920s
Florence's youngest son, Howard E. Butt takes over the business. He expands the Butt Grocery Company with a new store in Del Rio and another in Laredo.