streda, februára 21, 2007

I WAS JUST THINKING TO MYSELF

posted by Brigita Wallova @ 6:10 PM   1 comments

1 Comments:

At 6:11 PM, Anonymous Anonymný said...

The other day I was just thinking to myself that people over 55 should be dead
Here is why………..

According to today´s regulations,those of us who were kids in the 40´, 50´, 60´probably shouldn´t have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints, which we kept licking.
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 when we were teenagers.
As children , we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or airbags . Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day was always always a special treat
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle
Horrors!
We ate bread and butter, 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 it.
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 sounds,personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms
WE HAD FRIENDS!
We went outside and found them. WE fell off 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 for ever.
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.
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 reasons.Our actions were our own.Consequences were expected. The idea 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.
And you are one of them! Congratulations!

PIŠTA

 

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